Open Sky Community Services

Legal name: Open Sky Community Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
042587863
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Worcester, MA, United States
Phone
508-755-0333
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$84,942,917
Expenses
$82,639,491
Assets
$77,838,713
Liabilities
$35,597,183

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KENNETH J BATES (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • KENNETH J BATES (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $458,558 total reported compensation
  • MARY BENVENUTO (EVP & CFOO): $330,904 total reported compensation
  • SARAH OSBORNE (PSYCHIATRIST): $275,386 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Blending best practices with the power of community, we partner with individuals and families to see beyond and live beyond perceived limitations to pursue fulfilling lives! Map of Open Sky Service Area What we do Open Sky Community Services, headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts, was built in 2018 through the affiliation of two premier human service organizations: Alternatives Unlimited, Inc. and The Bridge of Central Massachusetts. Open Sky provides services and supports to more than 8,000 adults, young adults and youth facing mental health challenges, developmental disabilities, homelessness, brain injury, substance use disorders or other complex challenges. The Bridge Training Institute at Open Sky offers expert training for professionals on evidence-based practices.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other includes transportation, safe homes, oasis, central community health partnership (cchp) and training & consultation services. Transportation services are provided to meet the transit needs of the individuals served. Daily door-to-door transportation is provided so individuals can get to day programs, jobs and volunteer sites. Safe homes provides a weekly educational and social support drop-in center for lgbtqia+ you and their allies. The program provides mental health counseling, educational programming, peer leader training, referrals, advocacy, recreational activities and emergency supports. Training and consultation services are provided through the bridge training institute and offer continuing education workshops and personalized consultation services that focus on evidence-based and best practice treatment models for human services professionals and licensed clinicians. The oasis co-occurring enhanced residential rehabilitation services (coe-rrs) is a 16-bed treatment program. Oasis partners with harrington hospital to provide 6-12 months of clinical and recovery support services to individuals with both a mental health and substance use disorder diagnosis. Cchp is dedicated to helping masshealth enrollees with behavioral health challenges or complex long-term service and support (ltss) needs overcome barriers that interfere with quality of life and good health. Cchp works closely with aco's and mco's, healthcare providers and service agencies by coordinating services for eligible masshealth members to ensure seamless access to the needed care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 73% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • 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: 0.94; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.6%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 8 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 88.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $73.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $459K · 33 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.4M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.