Rehabilitation Support Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
141609149
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Altamont, NY, USA
Phone
5184641511
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Mental Health Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$74,231,652
Expenses
$73,630,330
Assets
$52,109,722
Liabilities
$33,864,995

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

Leadership & pay

19 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH KADATZ (PRESIDENT)
  • MARDY MOORE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM DEVITA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • DAVID WARREN (VICE PRESIDENT OF HOUSING)

Highest reported compensation

  • WILLIAM DEVITA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $619,896 total reported compensation
  • TIMOTHY REYNOLDS (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $296,288 total reported compensation
  • SUSAN MILLER (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $270,814 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Rehabilitation support services, inc. (rss) is a not-for-profit behavioral health agency whose mission is to enrich and empower the lives of people we serve. Our goal is to improve the quality of people's lives through recovery-oriented housing, work, treatment, socialization, and health and wellness services.

What it reported doing in 2024

Health home and care management assist individuals with disabilities to develop and follow a care plan and connect individuals with health care providers, mental health and substance abuse providers, needed medications, housing, social services and other community programs. Approximately 2,315 clients served

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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.
  • 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 90%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 77th 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: 0.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.65; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 90% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $66.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $620K · 19 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $514K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.