Nexus Family Healing

What it reported doing in 2024

Aspen house: aspen house is community-based facility for teens aged 11-18 that don't require emergency department services or a locked facility in dakota and Washington counties who temporarily need a safe place to live. Youth in our care have private bedrooms and access to mental health and educational services during their stay and are staffed 24/7. Aspen house will not only provide temporary housing but also incorporate mental health assessments and services, recreational activities, educational instruction, coordination with outside support, stabilization services, and on-going connections with family support systems. In 2024, nexus aspen house served 75 youth.nexus-east bethel provides individualized, trauma-informed psychiatric residential treatment (prtf) services for all-gender youth ages 10-19 with significant mental and behavioral health issues. At nexus-east bethel, youth experience a safe environment that provides on-campus education, individualized programing and therapy and recreational opportunities. The facility operated 3 units throughout 2024 and served 33 youth. Nexus-gerard family healing (austin, mn): resources for girls and boys ages 6 to 18, with significant mental, emotional, and behavioral health issues and trauma-based conditions that have resulted in family relationship issues and other life challenges. Services include assessments, residential treatment programs for boys and girls, collaborative intensive bridging services, and on-site, year-round education.nexus-gerard outpatient/community mental health services supports the mental health needs of youth, families, and adults in austin, mn, and surrounding areas. Nexus-gerard family healing also partners with local schools to provide assessments and mental health services to youth, providing an important resource in their community. In 2024, nexus-gerard family healing served 216 residential youth. Nexus-gerard served 347 outpatient clients, of which 295 were under the age of 18.nexus-mille lacs family healing (onamia, mn): resources for boys, ages 10-19, with significant mental health and trauma related symptoms with some youth also struggling with unhealthy sexual behaviors that have resulted in family relationship concerns, emotional and behavioral issues and other life challenges. Nexus-mille lacs also has willow trails group home, which is a resource for girls, ages 12-18. Willow trails group home is a program that offers a safe, supervised setting and fosters personal growth on many levels for struggling teenage girls. Effective and positive behavior techniques are incorporated to promote healing in addition to addressing underlying trauma and mental health needs. Services include a residential program, group home, vocational services, aftercare support, and on-site, year-round education through onamia schools. In addition, youth could participate in community volunteer projects as well as kids kare, a work-opportunity program that provides basic vocational skill building by engaging youth in providing snow removal and lawn care for local seniors, disabled veterans and others in need. In 2024, nexus-mille lacs family healing served 121 youth.nexus-onarga family healing (onarga, il): resources for boys ages 11-21 with significant mental health and trauma-related symptoms with some youth also struggling with unhealthy sexual behaviors that have resulted in family relationship concerns, emotional and behavioral issues and other life challenges. Services include residential treatment, treatment foster care homes, a group home and transitional living program, vocational and evaluation services and on-site, year-round education. Nexus-onarga family healing also offers a unique opportunity for youth to develop vocational skills through well-equipped woodworking and automotive shops as well as the cornerstone cafe, which provides real-life food service experience for nexus-onarga youth. In 2024, nexus-onarga family healing served 98 youth.nexus-indian

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 78.6%; rating input score 79
• Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: $1.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Pass
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings