Postpartum Support International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
770196208
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
5038949453
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,668,616
Expenses
$12,191,011
Assets
$5,760,974
Liabilities
$1,010,591

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WENDY DAVIS (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • WENDY DAVIS (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $163,119 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 awareness, prevention, and treatment of mental health issues related to childbearing in every country worldwide.it is the vision of psi that every woman and family worldwide will have access to information, social support, and informed professional care to deal with mental health issues related to childbearing. Psi promotes this vision through advocacy and collaboration and by educating and training the professional community and the public.

What it reported doing in 2024

Psi provides postpartum support training to professionals and lay volunteers. The psi website at www.postpartum.net provides information on all forms of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders along with referrals to local resources for consumers and professionals. The psi social support network provides a network where psi members, area coordinators and volunteers in all 50 states, the district of columbia, puerto rico and 40 countries worldwide provide emotional support through groups, educational information and referral to local professionals for postpartum families in their areas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 80% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.2%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 83%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • 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; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.3%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 23.5% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.2% of revenue deployed · 83% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $10.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $163K · 13 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.