Western Mental Health Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410877940
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Marshall, MN, USA
Phone
5075323236
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,847,214
Expenses
$9,709,872
Assets
$14,684,263
Liabilities
$2,453,966

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MAYDRA MAAS (PRESIDENT)
  • JIM SALFER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH ACKERMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARAH ACKERMAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $262,398 total reported compensation
  • ERIN KLETSCHER (PSYCHIATRIST): $197,135 total reported compensation
  • DARCI VAN DYKE (PSYCHIATRIST): $153,206 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 promote and advance mental health, to treat person with mental health or related needs, and to provide collaborative and educational services to the community.

What it reported doing in 2025

Family community support - providing in home, community based support and other treatment for the care and aid of severely emotionally distured children and their families.mobile crisis - the mobile crisis program is available 24/7 to provide short term crisis services to any adult or child that is experiencing a behavioral or mental health crisis. Mobile crisis response services (mcrs) is intended to de-escalate crisis situations through crisis assessment, intervention and stabilization.in-home therapy - bried specifically focused family therapy provided in home for families referred by llm human services.school linked mental health services - services designed to locate mental health services within the school setting. Slmh allows for the minimal disruption from the child's school day to receive mental health services and allows teachers, parents, and others involved in the child's care to collaborate so the child can be successful in the school, home and community setting.board and lodge - provides long term housing service to adult individuals who have a mental illness.birth to five mental health services - provides culturally and developmentally appropriate mental health services to young children ages birth to five who are uninsured and underinsured.adult drug court - includes various services as a part of the justice assistance teams in lyon and redwood counties. The primary services will include having a mental health professional be a member of the justice team to conduct a mental health assessment for drug court participants with a recommendation for mental health services as appropriate. These recommendations may include: psychiatric evaluation and medication management; therapy including diagnostic assessments; individual/group therapy; and peer support. Integrated dual diagnostic treatment serves individuals with substance use disorders and mental illness to produce better outcomes for dually diagnosed clients. The team approach for services assists individuals with medication management (if needed), individual therapy, outreach community-based skills, and substance use treatment.assertive community treatment (act) - designed for person with serious mental illness. The severity of their symptoms and functional issues causes the most substantial levels of disability. Act teams help persons develop the skills they need for life in the community, using the principles and methods of illness management and recovery (irm), integrated dual disorders treatment (iddt), supported employment (se), psychiatric rehabilitation, and other best practices.behavior health home - team-based approach to providing comprehensive quality of care working with individuals on their own personal health needs certified community behavior health clinic - a comprehensive, wholistic approach to care focusing on mental health, substance abuse and primary care by providing services to clients at the right time and place through the utilization of care coordination.substance use disorder - provides assistance to those that suffer short and long term abuse with alcohol or drugs. Designed for people who need a medication management program for substance abuse.and any other miscellaneous programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.6%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 98.5%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.51; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.3%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.6% of revenue deployed · 98.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $262K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $373K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 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.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.