Selective Mutism Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650946164
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Winter Garden, FL, USA
Phone
3109629227
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Behavioral Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$330,689
Expenses
$133,048
Assets
$522,881
Liabilities
$10,805

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATELYN REED (PRESIDENT)
  • LISA KOVAC (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TAYLOR HICKS-HOSTE (PRESIDENT-ELECT)

Highest reported compensation

  • LISA KOVAC (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $35,000 total reported compensation
  • KRISTIN LEOS (DIRECTOR): $23,810 total reported compensation
  • AILEEN HERRERA (DIRECTOR): $1,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To increase public awareness of selective mutism.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization maintains the largest website for information aboutfree videos on selective mutism, peer-reviewed list of books, and anational/international database of treating professionals and statecoordinators for families and individuals needing treatment forselective mutism. The organization hosts an annual national conferencefor professionals/caregivers and individuals affected by selectivemutism. In addition, sma offers multiple training opportunities such asthe selective mutism training institute, self-paced training courses, webinars and continuing education on a variety of topics.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.4%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $25.1 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 59.8%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.93; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.5%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.4% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 16 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $35K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.