Potomac Highlands Mental Health Guild Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550580866
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Petersburg, WV, USA
Phone
3042574687
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,003,538
Expenses
$13,461,844
Assets
$5,784,651
Liabilities
$1,701,909

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TOM ROWAN (PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE KITZMILLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL LANDIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHAEL LANDIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $127,773 total reported compensation
  • JERRENA SHIRK (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE): $122,192 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The potomac highlands guild is committed to comprehensive behavioral health services and to improving the quality of life for people residing in the eastern West Virginia counties of pendleton, hampshire, mineral, hardy and grant.the guild provides services to meet the needs of the communities while promoting the independence and choice to consumers.

What it reported doing in 2024

Specialized foster care - title 19 waiverthis program consists of residential habilitation, day habilitation, respite, and adult companion services provided to children, adolescents and adults who have a developmental disability. Service providers are all contracted individuals that have been trained to meet consumer goals by phg staff. Phg receives a small percentage of medicaid waiver funds to cover wv privilege taxes and some administration costs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 72% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: -3.5%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $11M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 12 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.9M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.