Nami Syracuse Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
222469922
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3153968335
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,919
Expenses
$122,801
Assets
$109,191
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LISA SMITH (PRESIDENT)
  • LINDA LAZZARI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SCOTT HERRON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • ANN CANASTRA (BOARD MEMBER)
  • J THOMAS BASSETT (BOARD MEMBER)
  • SHELIA LEGACY (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Dissemination of information, via meetings & newsletter relevant to families of those afflicted with neuro-biological brain disorders

What it reported doing in 2025

Nami (natl. Alliance on mental illness) syracuse strives to better the lives of individuals and families affected by mental illness through advocacy, support, public awareness, and education. Through our monthly support groups (family support group, peer connections) as well as more in depth family-to-family and other focused programs for veterans, students and first responders, we offer free help and hope to our community in need.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 72% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.89; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 30.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -10.1% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.