Opengate

Legal name: Opengate Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
132634269
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Aug 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Armonk, NY, US
Phone
(914) 277-5350
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Group Homes

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,232,720
Expenses
$24,314,786
Assets
$24,298,850
Liabilities
$7,109,897

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CLAUDIA SICKINGER-HARRIS MD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER LAUBIS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTOPHER LAUBIS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $306,140 total reported compensation
  • KAREN G GENNARO (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $216,420 total reported compensation
  • CLOUSE ADAM N (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $183,609 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To promote personal growth and community integration in a compassionate environment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Day services: comprised of day habilitation, community habilitation and supportive employment programday habilitation : opengate operates a large day habilitation program that offers both site-based services and services in the community referred to as our day hab "wow" program (without walls). Individuals enrolled in this program focus on their valued outcomes and enjoy many enriching activities within the community. Activities include volunteer opportunities focused on acquiring job skills, recreational activities such as bowling, movies, miracle league baseball, visits to the microsoft store for x-box games as well as site-based recreational and learning activities.community habilitation: community habilitation offers participants and their families the flexibility of having services delivered by opengate support staff in a variety of community settings. Community habilitation is goal oriented and offers support and skill development in the areas of daily living skills, travel, health and wellness, adult education, communication, socialization, leisure skills, money management, positive behavioral support, safety skills, self-advocacy, informed choice, community integration, and relationship building.supportive employment program: supported employment is a person-centered employment planning and support service that provides assistance for an individual to obtain, maintain and advance in a job. Opengate has a dedicated team of professionals that support in the areas of career exploration, resume building, application assistance, interview preparation, employment training, interfacing with employers and advocacy.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 90.2%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $41.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 66th 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: 7.3%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 90.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $306K · 17 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $871K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 32 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.