Nami Black Hawk County C/o Chad Hammar

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421273380
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Waterloo, IA, USA
Phone
3192355263
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$63,463
Expenses
$74,572
Assets
$246,123
Liabilities
$2,246

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAYNE SLAUGHTER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LESLIE COHN TERM 122024 (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • CHAD HAMMAR EFF 112024 (EXECUTIVE DI)
  • JAYNE SLAUGHTER (PRESIDENT)

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

Mission: millions of people in the united states, 1 in 5 or nearly 60 million, face the day-to-day reality of living with a mental health condition. Nami, the national alliance on mental illness, is the nation's largest grassroots mental health organization dedicated to providing advocacy, education, support and public awareness so that individuals and families affected by mental illness can build better lives. Nami black hawk county (the organization which is the local chapter) is a grassroots mental health organization founded by family members, determined to fight stigma, and to create a system of recovery for people living with mental illness. The organization provides advocacy, education, and mutual support through free classes, educational programs, presentations, support groups, and trainings. The organization works with all people who are affected by mental illness and additionally educates the public about mental illness to improve understanding of people who are living with t

What it reported doing in 2024

Nami black hawk county serves people with mental illness and/or family members. Services were provided through classes, educational programs, support groups, and community presentations about nami, mental illness, and mental health. Nami provides bi-monthly newsletters. In-kind donation valued at 16,000 for rent and utilities of the facility.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -17.5%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.3; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 62.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.7% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.