Wisconsin Alliance for Infant Mental Health Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271258002
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Middleton, WI, USA
Phone
6085639714
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,513,771
Expenses
$4,934,961
Assets
$4,662,794
Liabilities
$721,336

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEATHER JORDAN (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL HOFFMAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LANA NENIDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ASHLEY BOWERS (ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • LANA NENIDE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $181,550 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN MAGIN (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $147,752 total reported compensation
  • ASHLEY BOWERS (ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $109,756 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Wisconsin alliance for infant mental health, inc. (wi-aimh) promotes infant mental health through building awareness, promoting professional capacity, fostering partnerships & supporting policies; in the best interest of infants, young children & their families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Professional development: in 2023, wi-aimh developed and launched healthy minds healthy children (hmhc)-infant and early childhood mental health consultation program that offers on-site mental health support to child care programs in multiple regions of the state. In 2024, hmhc trained 14 infant mental health consultants who offered mental health consultation services to 51 programs that serve 3,148 children under the age of five (1,385 children were 36 months and younger and 1,763 children were over 36 months old). Wi-aimh spearheaded a successful collaboration between two state departments (the wi dept. Of children and families and wi department of transportation) and roadside assistance to promote infant mental health and the significance of early relationships through displaying the power of connection signs in rest areas around the state (6 rest areas). Since posting rest area signs we saw a 176% and 181% jump in active and new users of the power of connection site.wi-aimh coordinates Wisconsin pyramid model (wi pm) for social and emotional competence.wi pm, funded by the department of children and families, is an evidence-based multi-tiered system of support for parents and professionals to promote optimal social and emotional development of infants and young children and prevent challenging behaviors. In 2024, wi pm program served 10,866 children (74 program-wide implementing sites around the state). Wi pyramid model programs continue to have expulsion rates at least 13 times lower than other wi program expulsion estimates.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 91% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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: 97
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.8%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 90.6%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1,179.13 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: 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: -9.3%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.8% of revenue deployed · 90.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $4.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.