Nami Rochester Ny Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222797794
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2010
Location
Rochester, NY, USA
Phone
5854231593
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$411,132
Expenses
$396,358
Assets
$700,910
Liabilities
$156,521

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL MURPHY (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN MESSENGER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DONNA LEIGH-ESTES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DONNA LEIGH-ESTES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $90,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Nami rochester's mission is to provide support, education and advocacy to individuals and families.

What it reported doing in 2025

Nami family support groups - a free, safe confidential space for families who have a loved one with a mental illnesssuicide survivor bereavement support group - sessions facilitated by empathetic professionals who understand the complex emotions in such a lossnami connection peer support group - nami connection recover support group is a free, peer-led support group for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health conditionlgbtqi+ support group - a free confidential monthly support group for individuals 18 years of age and overfamily-to-family education program - a free, evidence-based, 8-session program helping families, and friends of people with mental illness improve coping and problem-solving skillsnami peer-to-peer education program - a free, eight-session educational program for adults with mental health conditions who are looking to understand themselves and their recovery betternami sharing hope - for black/african ancestry communities rooted in sacred storytelling and ancestral wisdomnami provider education - each of the nami provider programs three instructors live locally and have direct experience with mental illnessnami ending the silence - ending the silence is a free, evidence-based, 50 minute session designed for middle and high school students.nami sharing experience with law enforcement: cit training - nami sharing your story with law enforcement (sysle) is a presentation program, specifically designed to train law enforcement.nami on campus clubs - high schools - a response to the pressing need for targeted support for youth mental healthnami on campus clubs - colleges - a peer-run mental health initiative for college students.coping skills workshops - level 1 and 2 - advanced learning for families who are struggling and faced with the dynamics of a family member with mental illness. Workshops are conducted once a week for 8 weeksnami rochester mental health court support program and volunteer opportunities - a nami rochester volunteer attends monroe county health court each week to provide ancillary support for the participants in the mental health court treatment programnami family support group - a free peer-led support group for any adult with a loved one who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. The purpose is to gain insight from the challenges and successes of others facing similar experiences.adult suicide bereavement suicide support group - a free support group for anyone over the age of 18 who has lost someone they know due to death by suicide.

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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $20.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

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: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.77; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $333K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $90K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.