Mindbridge

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813121077
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Portland, ME, USA
Phone
2072006612
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Biological & Life Sciences

Reported finances

Revenue
$454,768
Expenses
$502,969
Assets
$68,304
Liabilities
$5,504

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAURA LIGOURI (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAURA LIGOURI (Executive Director): $42,788 total reported compensation
  • MUNTAHA MOHAMED (Director): $250 total reported compensation
  • LINDA SILKA (Director): $200 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mindbridge offers services related to study design, assessment design, program advising, research support and organizational support; profundly transforming the impact of national and international human rights work.

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, HRTI conducted direct community engagement and built capacity for long-term systems change through research, outreach, and planned clinic training. Some key accomplishments are: presenting at the Black History Month Wellness Fair to discuss trauma in BIPOC communities, co-develop a mental health survey with Portland Empowered to discuss racial trauma in schools, deliver keynotes addressed at the Mental Health Symposium for Immigrants and BIPOC communities, participate in high-profile events such as Kwibuka30 (attended by 800+ Individuals) and a Juneteenth racial justice panel, initiating partnerships with university programs to expand psychology and social work training in cultrually responsive care, and supporting the recruitment of BIPOC clinicians and interns despite persistent staffing challenges. Despite the programmatic challenges, HRTI remained a central force in advancing equity-based mental health care for BIPOC communities in Maine. 4)Initiated partnerships with university programs to expand psychology and social work training in culturally responsive care. 5)Supported the recruitment of BIPOC clinicians and interns, despite persisent staffing challenges. Despite programmatic challenges, HRTI remained a central force in advancing equity-based mental health care for BIPOC communities in Maine

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 56.2%; rating input score 56
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.92 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 56.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $283K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $43K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.