Presence Behavioral Health

What it reported doing in 2024

The filing organization is a part of the ascension catholic health ministry. Ascension is a faith-based healthcare organization that delivers personalized, compassionate care to all, especially to those who need it the most. Presence behavioral health (pbh) offers a wide spectrum of high quality and innovative mental health and addictions services with locations across the city of chicago and surrounding suburbs. Our mental health center located at 1414 main street in melrose park, Illinois serves the area of proviso and oak park townships. Additional satellite offices are also available in chicago and the surrounding suburbs. Services and programming include: therapy and psychiatry services, case management, group based treatment programs, community support services, 24-hour crisis services, supported residential services, a drop-in center and more. We respond to crisis situations in the community with mobile crisis response teams and a crisis hotline for 24-hour support. We also embed social workers in 14 area police stations. Pbh provides care for all, including the financially disadvantaged, uninsured, under-insured, homeless persons and those who receive public aid. We also serve private pay and insured clients and those seeking specialty services. In fiscal year 2025 the agency served over 10,000 members of our community across our service lines. Our outpatient therapy services provide intervention to those with mental health needs. Individual and group therapy/counseling is provided to reduce symptoms and enhance techniques in order to maximize wellness and personal potential. Therapy services are available for all age groups, including children, adolescents, young adults, adults and seniors. In fiscal year 2025, our outpatient programs provided therapy services to a total of 600 clients. This location also has a program called centro de salud familiar which serves the hispanic community by the provision of mental health and substance abuse counseling, psychiatry, immigration services, domestic violence treatment and family therapy. Psychiatrists, both on site and via telepsychiatry, provide advanced specialty care to adolescents, adults, and older adults with psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management. In fiscal year 2025, psychiatric services assisted a total of 833 clients. Our residential services provide individuals with a supportive environment in the community where they can develop the skills and confidence needed to live in the least restrictive environment possible. These programs include: community living center (clc) and community integrated living arrangement (cila). Clc is not a long term, permanent housing program but rather a skills-building treatment program designed to assist clients in obtaining the skills necessary to move into an independent living situation. The average length of stay is 50 months and the program has a capacity of 20 clients. Cila is a long-term, permanent housing model designed to provide 24-hour care to individuals who need that level of treatment. We operate 3 cila homes in the community with a capacity of 6 clients per 2 of our locations and 7 at the third. Clc and the cila's combined offer 8,919 days and nights of care annually. We also offer pre-admission screenings (pas) for nursing home placement for individuals that require a greater level of care than we can provide in these programs. The centers psychosocial rehabilitation program is a group based program that provides a recovery-based, skill-building treatment environment for adults diagnosed with a mental illness. The program supports individuals in their efforts to achieve a greater level of self-sufficiency and community functioning. This is a group-based program that operates multiple days a week and also offers supportive, social group programming in our client-led drop-in center. In fiscal 2025 the drop-in center provided service to 1,026 members of the community. The case management program is desi

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
• Program expense ratio: 76.9%; rating input score 77
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Limited
• Grant itemization coverage: Limited
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -14.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.07; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings