Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The primary mission and significant activities of Acadia Healthcare, Inc. d/b/a Northern Light Acadia Healthcare are the provision of an alcohol and drug treatment program, case management services, school-based services, mental health services integrated within primary care practices, and mental health community services.
- Income
- $19.0 million
- Spending
- $15.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 98%
- Reserves
- 12.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 96%
- Employees
- 177
- Volunteers
- 11
- Highest pay
- $987,623, former svp-cfo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Strong: 96 out of 100. Higher than 91% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
35 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 12.2 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 18% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 20% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 5% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1598% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 93 out of 100. Higher than 37% of charities in its peer group (health care, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
18 of 252 of 3 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $14.8 million spent. Northern Light Acadia Healthcare, a licensed alcohol and drug treatment program, provided 20,775 encounters of daily dosing narcotics treatment in the form of methadone and suboxone.
- Behavioral Health Home case management services provided 14,289 patient encounters. School based services provided 6,812 hours.
- Integrated Behavioral Health, a program that brings psychiatry and psychotherapy into outpatient medical settings provided 43,181 patient encounters.
- Northern Light Acadia Healthcare was incorporated on June 3, 1992. The primary mission of Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is the provision of mental health and substance abuse treatment services to the people of Maine. Reflecting the caring nature of its mission, Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is committed to providing quality services which foster dignity and a positive environment for children, adolescents, and adults with mental health and chemical dependency problems and to advocate for their mental, physical, and spiritual wellbeing. Northern Light Acadia Healthcare is a non-profit corporation; its sole member is Acadia Hospital Corporation d/b/a Northern Light Acadia Hospital, also a Maine non-profit corporation. Fee schedules are posted and distributed to all patients. No patient is denied emergency care for lack of funds. In 2025 total services provided to those who could not pay amounted to $854,068 of which charity care amounted to $787,939 and other uncompensated care amounted to $66,129.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending September 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Worth knowing.
Not individually listed by the IRS as eligible, which is usual for local chapters covered by a parent organization's exemption. The master file records contributions to it as deductible.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending September 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since June 2005.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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