The Grove Counseling Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237109532
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Longwood, FL, USA
Phone
4073271765
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,403,326
Expenses
$2,396,830
Assets
$2,790,271
Liabilities
$1,044,335

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ARLETTE BRIDGES (CLINICAL DIRECTOR/INTERIM CEO)
  • MARIA CHIANTELLO (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ARLETTE BRIDGES (CLINICAL DIRECTOR/INTERIM CEO): $57,797 total reported compensation
  • MARIA CHIANTELLO (PRESIDENT/CEO): $34,182 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

See schedule o the grove counseling center strives to enhance the ability of youth and families to succeed in life by promoting individual, family, and community wellness through high quality, cost-effective behavioral health treatment and preventive strategies, by strengthening family relationships and community support systems, and by minimizing dependence on professional and institutional care through treatment plans that appropriately manage service strategies, intensities, and duration.

What it reported doing in 2017

Outpatient treatment: the outpatient treatment program is a group program for individuals who have been identified as substance abusers or chemically dependent. The program creates a treatment plan for each individual to help with their recovery needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 88.7%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: 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: 0.3%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 88.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $58K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.