The Glendon Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953715964
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Phone
8056810415
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Behavioral Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,372
Expenses
$188,021
Assets
$150,973
Liabilities
$834

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD SMITH (President)

People named in this filing

  • RICHARD SMITH (President)
  • GEORGE SHORT (Director)
  • FRANK TOBE (Director)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of The Glendon Association is to save lives and enhance mental health by addressing the social problems of suicide, child abuse, violence, and troubled interpersonal relationships. Today, The Glendon Association primarily serves those in need through PsychAlive.org and its related online programs while also continuing to offer live presentations and educational programs. We focus on the areas we consider central to the health and wellbeing of individuals, families, and society: Self-DevelopmentIntimate RelationshipsParent-Child RelationshipsViolence PreventionSuicide PreventionOur staff reaches out to both the mental health community and the public through presentations and training sessions. Glendon/Psychalive workshops have been conducted at universities, mental health facilities and hospitals throughout the local, national and world communities. Continuing education credits are available for most events to participants from several professional disciplines including physi

What it reported doing in 2025

THE GLENDON ASSOCIATION/PSYCHALIVE 2025 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTSpresentationsWe presented 5 pro bono workshops and webinars on critical mental health issues. We offered courses on mental health topics including Suicide Prevention and Response and Adolescent Mental Health Therapy at a nominal fee for mental health professionals (with lower fee option for non-professionals). Over 500 individuals attended these presentations.We presented 5 live and virtual workshops, locally and nationally on the following topics: Effective Treatment of Suicide in Youth, Developing Secure Attachment, The Fantasy Bond and Attachment for Clergy, Attachment and Relationships and Healing Attachment Wounds. Approximately 800 individuals (mental health professionals and public) attended these workshops.We presented 2 workshops at international conferences; At the International Association for Forensic Psychotherapy (IAFP) we presented on Sexual Abuse by Mothers and at the Association for Training on Trauma and Attachment in Children (ATTACh) we presented on Techniques for Healing Attachment Trauma through an Interpersonal Neurobiology Lens. Approximately 120 mental health professionals attended these workshops. Community Glendon Staff donated over 250 volunteer consultation hours to the Santa Barbara Community, consulting on critical traumatic incidents of violence and suicide and natural disasters in the Santa Barbara County community.Glendon Staff donated over 200 hours to provide consultation and referrals to at-risk individuals, youth agencies, schools, and mental health professionals, providing services in person and on-line. We offered suicide prevention training at local schools as a public service, and clinical training to staff at nonprofit agencies.We continued consultation as a founding organization in the Mental Health Advisory Task Force, a group responding to the mental health needs of youth in our community hosted by Santa Barbara City College We shared media interviews and social media posts addressing mental health issues, reaching thousands of listeners and readers on critical issues in mental health. Glendon staff offered over 100 hours of supervision for Psychology interns from Westmont University on community education and outreach.Online/New MediaOver 750 individuals attended our in-depth online Courses. Over 750 individuals (both mental health professionals and general audiences) attended our in-depth online courses on critical mental health topics, such as suicide prevention, parenting, attachment and relationships.Our website www.PsychAlive.org, which offers psychological resources for the public, is continuously being updated with free content on myriad psychological topics, including self-development, relationships, parenting, attachment, depression and suicide and violence prevention. ResearchA research study was approved and is underway utilizing the Firestone scales for Self Destructive Behavior. Findings will be released in 2026.Film We have produced and continue to share over 1000 videos on PsychAlive.org and YouTube, as well as other social media outlets, to educate the public on crucial psychological issues. These clips are available to the public at no cost. We have over 45,000 subscribers on YouTube.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 78% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.4%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 77.3%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $69.32 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.9%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.6% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.3% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.4% of revenue deployed · 77.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $145K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.