Mental Health Emergency Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
870838415
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone
4149663030
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospital, Specialty

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$21,139,210
Expenses
$19,577,420
Assets
$16,574,939
Liabilities
$1,280,926

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MATTHEW FORTMAN (CHAIR)
  • JONATHAN MATUSZEWSKI (VICE CHAIR)
  • MICHAEL LAPPEN (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mhec provides emergency crisis care that is patient-centered, recovery-orientated and culturally informed.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mental health emergency center inc. (mhec) completed construction and began serving patients in september 2022. Mhec serves as an anchor institution in its surrounding neighborhood, providing increased safety, revitalization and economic benefits. Throughout 2025, mhec provided timely emergency treatment to over 7,624 patients, with many of these patients stabilized at mhec and promptly transferred to the next level of care. Mhec also employs about 100 full-time equivalent staff.

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: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90.9%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 98.1%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.2% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90.9% of revenue deployed · 98.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $19.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $17.3M reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.