Mental Health Association of Frederick County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520968521
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Frederick, MD, USA
Phone
3016630011
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,380,548
Expenses
$8,228,924
Assets
$5,224,116
Liabilities
$1,633,684

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHANNON ALESHIRE (FORMER CEO)
  • BRIDGET KRAUTWURST (CEO)
  • KIMBERLY LUNDY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSYANE KENGNI (MEDICAL DIRE): $220,676 total reported compensation
  • KELLY NGENGE (PSYCHIATRIC): $201,550 total reported compensation
  • LINDA CANN (PSYCHIATRIC): $136,096 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Building a strong foundation of emotional wellness for the whole community by preparing resilient children, securing vulnerable families, and facing crises together.

What it reported doing in 2024

Preparing resilient children: child care provider training - trained 1,984 participants through 479 workshops, some available online, conducted or co-sponsored by ccc. We constantly examine the results of needs assessments and enrollment to determine the number of workshops offered based on demand. We also expand course topics when providers or regulatory agencies express a need. Ccc currently offers courses in all six core of knowledge areas recognized by Maryland-child development, curriculum, health, safety and nutrition; professionalism; special needs; and community. In addition, ccc offers coursework in first aid, cpr, emergency preparedness, and sids. Ccc provided training to 229 parents. Technical assistance for child care providers - ccc assists regulated child care providers with technical assistance and support so they can enter or remain in the early care and education field. Ccc staff respond to questions on a variety of different subject areas-including child behavior, providing quality care for infants and toddlers, improving quality, curriculum and communication with parents. Ccc also supplies programs with statistical information pertinent to a child care business, such as the average cost of care in a particular school district or the average child care salaries in the county or the state. Ccc responded to 419 inquiries. Early childhood mental health - perks program works with early child care programs as well as individual children and families to promote the social/emotional development of young children while decreasing or preventing challenging behaviors. Served over 158 children, conducted 994 child care program site visits. Healthy families frederick (hff) - hff is a program designed to support first-time parents through the provision of quality, strength-based, family-centered services and support, and access to community resources and agencies to help build stronger families, healthier children and a better community. Served 61 families and 59 children and completed 986 home visits (services begin prenatally). None of the families served required child protective services involvement

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.57 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.8%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.63; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $7.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $221K · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $325K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.