Provident Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
430652630
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3143716500
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,885,811
Expenses
$8,251,102
Assets
$9,420,704
Liabilities
$1,574,212

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMIE ILKO (VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE)
  • KEVIN DROLLINGER (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BAILEY WAHLQUIST (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS)

Highest reported compensation

  • KEVIN DROLLINGER (PRESIDENT/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $251,130 total reported compensation
  • BAILEY WAHLQUIST (VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS): $174,647 total reported compensation
  • JAMIE ILKO (VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE): $128,574 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Building brighter futures through exceptional behavioral health services, especially for those with the greatest need.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provident behavioral health's counseling department is accredited by the joint commission. This department provides a variety of specialized mental health counseling services to the st. Louis metropolitan area. Counseling, as well as all other provident programming, focuses on serving the underserved. Specifically, we aim to help youth, adults, and older adults at risk of or experiencing mental health issues or at risk of suicide; individuals with challenges accessing mental health services, for reasons such as geographical location, transportation, stigma, inequity, and limited mental health resources; and/or individuals with financial barriers, including inability to afford mental health services due to limited financial resources or insufficient insurance. In 2025, counseling services were available to individuals aged 2 and older in our three metropolitan st. Louis locations in st. Louis city, south st. Louis county, and creve coeur. Provident also provided counseling services in twenty two community-based locations, such as schools, health departments, and other non-profit agencies. Our clinicians practice evidence-based treatment, beginning with a thorough psychosocial assessment that identifies problems and historical causes of mental health issues such as family dynamics and community exposure to violence and abuse. An individualized, client-centered, strength-based treatment plan is developed with the client, targeting the goals they would like to achieve. Clients are then engaged in intervention strategies aimed at reducing their symptoms and improving their overall functioning. Outcome measurement tools are administered at the start of treatment and at least quarterly to monitor for improvement or resurgence of symptoms. Treatment strategies can be modified as needed toward successful completion of treatment. In 2025, a total of 2,410 clients received counseling services at provident, and an additional 811 people were reached by our counseling staff through community presentations and outreach efforts.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.9%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 78%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: 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: -4.6%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.9% of revenue deployed · 78% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $6.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $251K · 30 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.