Mercy Professional Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204714005
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3149938818
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,231
Expenses
$125,377
Assets
$314,911
Liabilities
$2,219

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SR MICHELLE SALOIS RSM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SHARON NEUMEISTER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SR MICHELLE SALOIS RSM (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • SUSAN WARSHAW MSW PHD (DIRECTOR)
  • TRENT CHAMBERS (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide counseling, family therapy and spiritual direction to people of any religious belief and at all income levels, with particular care for the poor.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mercy professional services ("mps") provides individual, couple, group and family therapy. Patients range from age 6 to elderly adults. Problems treated include depression, anxiety, behavioral problems and relationship problems of adults, teens and children. Mps collaborates with agencies serving low income clients in order to provide needed care for the whole person/family. Mps also provides clinical training for masters level interns in their final practicum and for graduate clinical social workers seeking their licensure. Mercy professional services also provides educational programs and referrals to appropriate outside service providers. Sister michelle does presentations to other therapists. Services are provided in accordance with roman catholic values and the mission of the sisters of mercy as well as the ethical codes of relevant professional organizations, state and federal law.in 2024 we left our collaboration with case de salud to move to new quarters in maplewood, Missouri. Considerable time was given, this fiscal year, to reestablishing relationships with other non-profits serving low income persons so that our services would be known and could be accessed by those in need. We were able to collaborate to provide clinical services at lydia's house (shelter and residence for victims of domestic violence) and also with places for people (for persons with major mental illness)fees are charged on a sliding scale according to the ability to pay. Fees can be as low as $1/hour of service. In the fiscal year ended june 30, 2025 charity care (persons with low income and un- or under-insured) was provided to 62 unique clients. A total of 123.5 hours of clinical service provided to these clients is (valued at $120 /service contact hour). Total market value of clinical charity care is $14,820. Supervision-training of two therapists providing the charity care was also delivered pro-bono. 109 hours of training & supervision, with a market value of $200 per hour was provided. This is a market value contribution of $21,800.all together, contributed direct hours of therapeutic services plus educational supervision has a total value of $36,620.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.4%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 57%; rating input score 57

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.51; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.4% of revenue deployed · 57% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.