Mental Health America of Ohio Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
WE TRANSFORM HOW PEOPLE THINK ABOUT MENTAL ILLNESS, MAKE IT EASIER TO GET HELP, AND GIVE PEOPLE THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO GET BETTER AND STAY BETTER.
- Income
- $3.2 million
- Spending
- $2.9 million
- Spent on programs
- 92%
- Reserves
- 11.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 76%
- Employees
- 37
- Volunteers
- 140
- Highest pay
- $145,883, executive di
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 84 out of 100. Higher than 75% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
28 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 11.4 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 28% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 11% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 3% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1591% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 2 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 69% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2518 of 18 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 December 31, 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 (1)
- $2.6 million spent. IN 2025, THE WORKPLACE HEALTH PROGRAM TEAM CONDUCTED 23 OCCUMETRICS ASSESSMENTS WITH A COMBINATION OF NEW AND PREVIOUSLY ENGAGED AGENCIES AND THROUGH FUNDING FROM THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES. OCCUMETRICS STAFF CONTINUE TO SIT ON MULTIPLE COMMITTEES ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. TWO PILOT PROGRAMS WERE IMPLEMENTED THROUGOUT 2025 WITH THE GOAL OF STRENGTHING LEADERSHIP SKILLS AT BOTH THE MID-MANAGER AND SENIOR LEADER LEVELS IN LOCAL AND STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES. OUR PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT (PRS) SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO USE THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS ON THEIR PATH TO RECOVERY CONTINUED TO GROW. OUR TEAM HELD EIGHT TRAININGS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 2025 WITH A TOTAL OF 136 PROFESSIONALS COMPLETING THE CLASS AND HOSTED TWO PRS EVENTS WITH A TOTAL OF 248 ATTENDEES. WE IMPLEMENTED THE PRS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE TO CERTIFIED PRS WITH THE GOAL OF DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS IN THE WORKPLACE. IN ADDITION TO THEIR WORK AT THE CONTRACTED HOST SITES, THE 12 INTERNS ALSO COMPLETED AN ORIENTATION AND BI-WEEKLY MEETINGS WITH MHAOHIO, WHICH PROVIDES SUPPLEMENTAL TRAINING AND SUPPORT. IN 2025, THE POEM PROGRAM (PERINATAL OUTREACH & ENCOURAGEMENT FOR MOMS) PROVIDED A RANGE OF SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES. THE PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH PEER SERVICES, POEM PEER CARECONNECT, RECEIVED 2,694 REFERRALS FOR PREGNANT AND POSTPARTUM INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE. POEM SERVED 283 PARTICIPANTS THROUGH VIRTUAL AND IN-PERSON SUPPORT GROUPS AND FACILITATED 140 MENTOR- MENTEE PEER SUPPORT CONNECTIONS. WE HOSTED FOUR CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) TRAININGS, ENGAGING 374 PROFESSIONALS AND PROVIDERS. PROGRAM STAFF ALSO PRESENTED AT ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AND SHARED RESOURCES AT MORE THAN 46 PARTNER EVENTS, MAKING DIRECT CONNECTIONS WITH PEERS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS. POEM HAD 117 ACTIVE VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND WERE ABLE TO TRAIN A TOTAL OF SIX NEW PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS. IN COLLECTIVE IMPACT AND SYSTEMS-LEVEL WORK, MHAOHIO'S POEM PROGRAM CONTINUED TO HOST AND SERVE AS ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE OHIO PERINATAL MENTAL HEALTH TASK FORCE. THE TASK FORCE HAS CONTINUED TO GROW, WITH MEMBERSHIP AT 611 INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS FROM ACROSS THE STATE AT THE END OF 2025. THE GET CONNECTED FRANKLIN COUNTY PROGRAM OFFERED CARE NAVIGATION AND REFERRAL TO OVER 1400 CALLERS IN 2025. ONE PARTICIPANT REPORTED, "MY SON WAS STRUGGLING WITH HIS MENTAL HEALTH AFTER HIS LONGTIME GIRLFRIEND AND MOTHER OF HIS SON DIED BY SUICIDE. WE REACHED OUT TO MENTAL HEALTH AMERICA AND THEY WERE VERY QUICK AND EFFICIENT AND GETTING HIM CONNECTED WITH THE RIGHT THERAPIST AND PSYCHIATRIST. HE NOW ATTENDS THERAPY TWICE A WEEK." THE FAMILY ADVOCATE SERVICE, WHICH OFFERS EXTENDED CARE NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT TO FAMILY MEMBERS SUPPORTING A LOVED ONE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS, WORKED WITH 28 NEW FAMILIES IN 2025. IN 2025, THE GET CONNECTED PROGRAM IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY SERVED A TOTAL OF 242 PEOPLE, PROVIDING REFERRALS, INFORMATION, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY. THE PROGRAM HAS CONTINUED TO GROW. IN 2025 THE PROGRAM ADDED THE FAMILY ADVOCATE SERVICE, PROVIDING CARE NAVIGATION AND SUPPORT TO 6 NEW FAMILIES WHO ARE SUPPORTING A LOVED ONE WITH A MENTAL ILLNESS. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THIS PROGRAM FOCUSED ON GROWING RELATIONSHIPS WITH POTENTIAL REFERRAL SOURCES AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND DEVELOPING THE NEW FAMILY ADVOCATE SERVICE OFFERING. THE GET CONNECTED PROGRAM MANAGER REPRESENTS THE FAIRFIELD COUNTY ADAMH BOARD ON THE COUNTY'S GUARDIANSHIP BOARD AND ANNUALLY GATHERS COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS TO IDENTIFY SERVICE GAPS IN LOCAL MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM. OUR SUPPORT GROUPS PROGRAM CURRENTLY HOSTS 12 ACTIVE GROUPS ACROSS FRANKLIN COUNTY COVERING TOPICS OF ANXIETY, DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR DISORDER, OCD, SYMPTOMS OF PSYCHOSIS, AND FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS WITH MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS. AMONG THESE GROUPS IN 2025, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED 768 CONTACT HOURS REACHING 337 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THIS PROGRAM IS MADE POSSIBLE WITH A ROSTER OF 23 VOLUNTEER FACILITATORS, 14 OF WHOM (60%) ARE INDIVIDUALS WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE. FACILITATORS ARE TRAINED TO SUPPORT PARTICIPANTS IN SHARING THEIR EXPERIENCES AND BUILDING SUPPORTIVE CONNECTIONS IN THE GROUP. OUR PARTICIPANTS SHARE FEEDBACK THAT SUPPORTS THE PROPOSED OUTCOMES OF THESE GROUPS, WITH STATEMENTS INCLUDING, "MY GROUP IS INVALUABLE AND HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY ONGOING RECOVERY. I LIKE BEING ABLE TO SHARE WHAT I HAVE LEARNED WITH OTHERS WHO ARE NOT AS FAR ALONG ON THEIR JOURNEY AS WELL AS BEING UNDERSTOOD BY OTHERS EXPERIENCING SIMILAR SYMPTOMS OF OCD." THE PROGRAM CONTINUES TO FOCUS ON FOSTERING AUTHENTIC PEER-LED SPACES THAT ARE ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE COMMUNITIES. IN 2025, FRANKLIN COUNTY SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION (FCSPC) MEMBERS DONATED 359.5 HOURS TO MHAOHIO. FCSPC MEMBERS LAUNCHED A NEW YOUTH- LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE AND DEVELOPED AND PUBLISHED A SPECIAL REPORT ON THE LGBTQ+ COMMUNITY. ADDITIONALLY, THE FCSPC PROVIDED 1,946 PEOPLE WITH CRITICAL SUICIDE PREVENTION INFORMATION THROUGH OUTREACH EVENTS AND TRAINED 560 INDIVIDUALS IN QUESTION, PERSUADE AND REFER. IN 2025, THE WORKPLACE HEALTH PROGRAM TEAM CONDUCTED 23 OCCUMETRICS ASSESSMENTS WITH A COMBINATION OF NEW AND PREVIOUSLY ENGAGED AGENCIES AND THROUGH FUNDING FROM THREE DIFFERENT SOURCES. OCCUMETRICS STAFF CONTINUE TO SIT ON MULTIPLE COMMITTEES ADDRESSING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. TWO PILOT PROGRAMS WERE IMPLEMENTED THROUGOUT 2025 WITH THE GOAL OF STRENGTHING LEADERSHIP SKILLS AT BOTH THE MID-MANAGER AND SENIOR LEADER LEVELS IN LOCAL AND STATEWIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AGENCIES. OUR PEER RECOVERY SUPPORT (PRS) SERVICES FOR PROFESSIONALS WHO USE THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE TO HELP OTHERS ON THEIR PATH TO RECOVERY CONTINUED TO GROW. OUR TEAM HELD EIGHT TRAININGS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN 2025 WITH A TOTAL OF 136 PROFESSIONALS COMPLETING THE CLASS AND HOSTED TWO PRS EVENTS WITH A TOTAL OF 248 ATTENDEES. WE IMPLEMENTED THE PRS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES ON-THE-JOB EXPERIENCE TO CERTI
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending December 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since May 1965.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 October 7, 2026.
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