Mentor Research Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911777183
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
General Science

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,581
Expenses
$5,440
Assets
$70,120
Liabilities
$46,047

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAELE P DUNLAP PSYD (President & CEO)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAELE P DUNLAP PSYD (President & CEO)
  • TRACY HEART (Director)
  • DAVID JOHNSON LCSW ACSW (Director)

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

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

Overview

Mission

Public & professional education

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2021, mentor research institute was funded through a combination of charitable donations and fees from professional continuing education events, as reported on this form, plus nearly $15,000 of inkind services provided by community-minded professional corporations to support overhead and infrastrucure development. Program expenses accounted for 86% of expenditures. Program revenue $8721; program expenses $4825mris foci are (1) consumer protection (2) to maintain professional and public awareness of mental and behavioral health issues through education and publication (3) to conduct research that supports improvement of mental & behavioral treatment. Mri supports awareness of mental health issues at: oregoncounseling.org; information on outdoor treatment at: wilderness therapy.org; conducts research on screening, assessment, patient reported outcome measures; and professional training on clincal supervision, and on ethical clinical charting at: mentorresearch.org

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.5%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 83.8%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.8%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 12.89; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.3% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.5% of revenue deployed · 83.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.