Suncoast Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592092717
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2023
Location
St Petersburg, FL, USA
Phone
7273277656
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Community Mental Health Center

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,776,466
Expenses
$21,039,395
Assets
$11,218,436
Liabilities
$2,405,457

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARBARA DAIRE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FORMER)
  • JEAN PIERRE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR MARCO RABINES (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $319,045 total reported compensation
  • BARBARA DAIRE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, FORMER): $309,177 total reported compensation
  • KRISTIN MATHRE (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $179,141 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

For 80 years, suncoast center, inc. Has held true to its mission of "strengthening, protecting, and restoring lives for a healthy community" by providing a comprehensive range of evidence-based services that address emotional wellness, trauma, and child advocacy to individuals and families throughout pinellas county.suncoast center continues to be recognized as a leader in our community for our collaboration with partners in the community. Suncoast center has lead the pinellas behavioral health system of care, a network of more than 50 community agencies, individuals, and stakeholders interested in improving care for our community. The workgroup convenes in order to analyze gaps in the coordination of care and implement improvements to our system of care. Suncoast center is also recognized for organizing and facilitation the zero suicide partners of pinellas, a collaborative approach to suicide prevention which promotes integrated care and organized outreach into the community.

What it reported doing in 2024

Suncoast center is pinellas county's only certified sexual assault services provider certified through the Florida council against sexual violence. Services provided include a 24-hour sexual assault hotline, sexual assault victim examinations (save), forensic evidence collection, counseling, support groups, education, awareness and preventive services. During 2024-2025, sexual assault services responded to 697 rape crisis calls, conducted 193 sexual assault exams and provided advocacy services to 343 victims of sexual assault. We serve victims of trauma, regardless of whether they have experienced recent or past trauma. We have special connections to the local schools and universities in order to best connect our education and awareness campaigns.suncoast center is one of the largest utilizers of long-acting injectable antipsychotic medication in the state of Florida. Long-acting injectable antipsychotic medications can be more efficient and effective for some clients. They can increase medication compliance, improve daily functioning and stability, and improve long-term outcomes for severely and persistently mentally ill clients. We have repeatedly seen positive life changing impacts on individuals' lives and societal integration through the use of this and other interventions.while services may appear to be traditional outpatient therapy or medication management, they are actually embedded with the very effective culture of feedback informed treatment which assists both client and staff in working together to ensure good engagement, connection and positive outcomes. Trauma informed care and culture is also embedded in all our services because we know how recognizing the impact of, and treating trauma improves the outcomes for our clients. Beyond our office walls, at our many sites throughout pinellas, we bring the care to our clients in a variety of ways. Thirty-seven percent (37%) of our services are in community locations such as jails, client homes, schools, or embedded into other community locations. We have therapists housed in ten elementary schools and in the health clinics of seven high schools. Suncoast center is a leadership member of "the wellness connection" which seeks to collaboratively build a centralized access point for behavioral wellbeing assistance with 11 primary partners and linkages to behavioral health services in pinellas.the agency is accredited by the commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities (carf) and holds a substance abuse license from the department of children and families.

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 93% 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: 90
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 21
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 87.5%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: $81.99 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.4%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.21; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.2% of revenue deployed · 87.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $18.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $319K · 21 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 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.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.