Tampa Bay Thrives Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

Established in 2019, tampa bay thrives (tbt) emerged as a collective response to the region's pressing mental health and substance abuse challenges. Bringing together over 30 community leaders from various sectors across hillsborough, pasco, pinellas, and polk counties, tbt focuses on devising strategic solutions to enhance behavioral health and improve the lives of those seeking help.#iykyk: an awareness and anti-stigma campaign that amplifies the narratives of tampa bay residents on mental health journeys or in support roles, fostering conversation and destigmatization around seeking mental health care. The campaign is called "if you know, you know" (iykyk), building upon the social media hashtag that speaks to those who have shared lived experiences. Since launching in 2023, the campaign has reached an audience of over 40 million people within tampa bay.youth programs: supporting 3700 youth each year through systemic, place-based partnerships and events that bring tools, resources, and services to support the mental health of middle- and high-school aged youth, tampa bay thrives has built in-school wellness spaces, developed programmatic frameworks for connecting services in that space, and provided engaging content and toolkits that can be used in youth-led environments. Through our work, tbt has engaged thousands of individuals including youth, parents, teachers, and providers to support youth mental health in the tampa bay community.research: conduct original research, including the annual "resident mental health report" on the community's perception, practices, and experiences related to mental health. Additional individual studies, such as "youth mental health in hillsborough county", "understanding mental health perceptions: an evaluation of the tampa region", and "using behavioral science to increase mental health access in tampa bay," provide data around mental health topics to inform solutions design. My mindful start: a digital navigation pathway designed to help tampa bay residents understand and explore their mental health journey with personalized paths to support, tools, and knowledge. The site is designed to be friendly, conversational, engaging, and rooted in simplicity - eliminating stigma and making their mental health journey feel accessible, not clinical.together tampa bay: a regional strategy to build infrastructure and resources around relationships, empathy, and engagement as a means to combat loneliness and social isolation. Form 990, part vi, section b, line 11b: a copy of the form 990 is provided to the governing body for review before filing.form 990, part vi, section b, line 12c: board members engaged in the governance of tbt occupy positions of fiduciary trust and stewardship with respect to the interests of tbt. Accordingly, board members, as well as members of their immediate families, business associates, and firms in which they have an interest, shall make full disclosure of any private, business, or professional relationship where a potential or actual conflict of interest is present. Prior to any and all board meetings, each board member shall review the meeting agenda for any actual or potential conflict of interest. In the event an actual or potential conflict of interest associated with any agenda item is concluded by a board member after such review, the impacted board member shall inform the board chairperson of the conflict in advance of the meeting. After disclosure of the board member's actual or potential conflict to the board chairperson as set forth above, the following procedures for addressing the conflict of interest will be adhered to by each board without exception: the board chairperson shall, upon disclosure by an impacted board member, have the discretion (based upon the severity of the actual or potential conflict) to excuse the impacted board member from the board discussions on that agenda item. Regardless of whether the impacted board member is asked to leave the roo

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 70.1%; rating input score 70
• Fundraising efficiency: $4.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • 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: -77.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.92; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 13.9%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 21.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings