MHA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
221568147
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
973-509-9777
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,950,407
Expenses
$25,885,176
Assets
$24,018,305
Liabilities
$13,667,968

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT DAVISON (CEO)
  • BARBARA SMALL (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT DAVISON (CEO): $341,124 total reported compensation
  • NADINE VENEZIA (COO): $245,823 total reported compensation
  • LINDA DALLA RIVA (CFO): $221,036 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote mental health, resilience, and well-being for all individuals and communities in Essex and Morris counties through advocacy, education, support services, and innovative programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Center for behavioral health (cbh) offers psychotherapy services, psychiatric evaluation and medication monitoring to adults who can benefit from these services.collaborative justice services (cjs) assists individuals with mental illness who have become involved in the state and/or county criminal justice system, providing jail diversion when possible and advocacy/service coordination for consumers who do become incarcerated.intensive family support services (ifss) is a free service that provides support, counseling, consultation and education to all family members and friends who are concerned about the mental health of a loved one.riskin children's center provides high quality, affordable, comprehensive, accessible and culturally appropriate mental health services for children. The project for assistance in transition from homelessness ("path") provides outreach, intensive case management and housing that will enable adults who are homeless or at imminent risk of homelessness, and have a serious mental illness, to engage in community- based services.in doing so, path strives to improve consumer health outcomes, participation in mental health services, and substance abuse treatment as needed.prospect house is a program designed to meet the needs of individuals who have been psychiatrically hospitalized and for those with severe and persistent mental illness. The goal is to provide support and to foster development of skills which enable successful community living. Another goal is to reduce the need for hospitalization and re- hospitalization. Psychosocial rehabilitation is the treatment modality of prospect house. Prospect house members participate in a therapeutic community. The program is designed to facilitate growth by helping members to join together to perform necessary skills required in the community. Each member has a role and purpose in contributing to prospect house. Mobile crisis outreach response teams (mcort)plays a critical role in the 988 services by providing immediate support to non-life-threatening mental health, substance-related, or suicidal crises in essex and hudson counties when deployed by the 988 crisis lifeline call centers. When possible, mcort will be dispatched without law enforcement, ensuring a calm, supportive response when its deemed safe. This partnership is vital in providing timely and effective support to those in need.the community wellness centers in morris and sussex counties (cwc), also known as the gathering place, serves as a welcoming space for adults who are experiencing mental health and substance use concerns in morris and sussex counties.the centers provide peer led groups, support, and socialization that promote a sense of wellbeing.this space aims to help individuals feel acceptance and respect, reduce loneliness and isolation, and find support from others with similar experiences.we are here to support those who have concerns about their mental health, substance use, homelessness, chronic medical conditions, grief and loss, social isolation and poverty.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $57.28 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.93; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 16 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 87.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $22.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $341K · 33 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $184K reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.