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← SWEETSER

Form 990 for tax year 2022

Filed by SWEETSER.

Totals

Total revenue
$55,384,833
Total expenses
$53,226,870
Contributions and grants received
$5,435,366
Grants paid
$14,508
Program service revenue
$48,680,267
Investment income
$964,169
Other revenue
$305,031
Total assets, end of year
$47,783,014
Total liabilities, end of year
$9,416,347
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$38,366,667
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$45,801,428
Management and general expenses
$6,909,498
Fundraising expenses
$515,944
Program service expenses (Part III)
$45,801,428

Program services were 86.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $12,148

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $83,708

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $4,827,745

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $511,765

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $61,712

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Program Revenue

    total $48,680,267 · related or exempt $48,680,267

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $432,001 · excluded $432,001

  • 6a · Gross rents

    real property $331,310

  • 6b · Less rental expenses

    real property $103,229

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $228,081

  • 6d · Net rental income or loss

    total $228,081 · excluded $228,081

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $11,620,176 · other assets $154,579

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $10,982,167 · other assets $260,420

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $638,009 · other assets -$105,841

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $532,168 · excluded $532,168

  • 8a · Fundraising events: gross income

    $131,224

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $83,708

  • 8b · Fundraising events: direct expenses

    $54,274

  • 8c · Net income from fundraising events

    total $76,950 · excluded $76,950

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 2 · Grants to domestic individuals

    total $14,508 · program services $14,508

  • 5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

    total $363,156 · management and general $363,156

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $27,344,362 · program services $24,033,770 · management and general $2,983,692 · fundraising $326,900

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $449,882 · program services $381,884 · management and general $62,522 · fundraising $5,476

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $4,300,137 · program services $3,865,536 · management and general $384,984 · fundraising $49,617

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $2,201,239 · program services $1,933,253 · management and general $245,228 · fundraising $22,758

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $542,231 · management and general $542,231

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $95,865 · management and general $95,865

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $85,125 · management and general $85,125

  • 11g · Fees: other

    total $10,500,289 · program services $9,443,510 · management and general $1,030,075 · fundraising $26,704

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $1,524,135 · program services $1,171,132 · management and general $303,684 · fundraising $49,319

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $2,078,855 · program services $1,903,066 · management and general $164,341 · fundraising $11,448

  • 17 · Travel

    total $272,255 · program services $261,236 · management and general $8,478 · fundraising $2,541

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $425,231 · program services $216,422 · management and general $206,283 · fundraising $2,526

  • 20 · Interest

    total $245,891 · program services $163,040 · management and general $77,384 · fundraising $5,467

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $1,344,131 · program services $1,045,219 · management and general $291,226 · fundraising $7,686

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $632,557 · program services $567,445 · management and general $59,843 · fundraising $5,269

  • 24a · Other expenses: Service Provider Taxes

    total $607,482 · program services $605,334 · management and general $2,148

  • 24b · Other expenses: Special Assistance

    total $74,044 · program services $74,044

  • 24c · Other expenses: Miscellaneous

    total $69,864 · program services $66,398 · management and general $3,233 · fundraising $233

  • 24d · Other expenses: Bad Debts

    total $55,631 · program services $55,631

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $4,554,484 · end of year $4,996,929

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $1,283,271 · end of year $465,742

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    beginning of year $163,445 · end of year $495,060

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $4,077,103 · end of year $3,674,285

  • 7 · Other notes and loans receivable

    beginning of year $42,600 · end of year $40,200

  • 8 · Inventories for sale or use

    beginning of year $17,874

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $670,760 · end of year $445,749

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $36,305,679

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $26,638,765

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $10,523,644 · end of year $9,666,914

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $20,261,657 · end of year $23,186,356

  • 12 · Investments: other securities

    beginning of year $84,838 · end of year $161,196

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $852,915 · end of year $2,324,304

  • 15 · Other assets

    beginning of year $2,320,436 · end of year $2,326,279

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $5,272,391 · end of year $4,007,295

  • 20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

    beginning of year $3,813,868 · end of year $3,205,908

  • 23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

    beginning of year $479,614 · end of year $416,813

  • 25 · Other liabilities

    beginning of year $1,129,595 · end of year $1,786,331

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $22,697,624 · end of year $25,608,439

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $11,459,935 · end of year $12,758,228

Mission and programs · 2022

Mission

Sweetser is a behavioral health nonprofit that provides evidence-based treatment, support and hope through a statewide network of community-based mental health, recovery, and educational services.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Programs treat a wide range of psychiatric, emotional, educational, family and behavioral issues.

  • Sweetser's caring and compassionate professionals connect 15,000 children, adults, and family members with the mental health, recovery, and educational services they need and deserve. The Organization's roots are founded in residential care for children dating back to 1828. Nationally recognized and accredited, Sweetser meets individuals where they are at as the largest provider of mobile crisis in the state of Maine. Learn more about Sweetser's statewide network of care by calling the Promise Line at 1-800-434-3000, emailing [email protected], or by visiting www.sweetser.org.

    Expenses $45,801,428 · Grants $14,508 · Revenue $48,680,267

As filed on the 2022 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Mr Craig Alie

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Anna-Marie DiPasquale

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Diane Donaldson

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Michelle LaChapelle

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Steven McGrath

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr James Nylund

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Brynn Riley

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Mary Turgeon

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Ludmila Tutunaru

    Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Jessica Demers

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dr Margaret Shepp

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Gregory Prince

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr Michael Del Tergo

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr William Zafirson

    Director/Past Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Ms Jayne Van Bramer

    President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $208,495
    From this org
    $207,885
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $610
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $201,073
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,812
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $610
    Filer's total
    $208,495

  • Dr Robert Lobis

    Past Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Melissa Richter

    Past Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Brenda Piecuch

    Past Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mrs Patricia Small

    Past Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Mr John McAnuff

    Chief Financial Officer

    Total calculated
    $154,660
    From this org
    $136,544
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,116
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $130,006
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $6,538
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $18,116
    Filer's total
    $154,660

  • Dr Marc I Kaplan

    Medical Director

    Total calculated
    $286,701
    From this org
    $245,223
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $41,478
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $239,793
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $5,430
    Deferred
    $7,760
    Nontaxable benefits
    $33,718
    Filer's total
    $286,701

  • Mr James R Martin

    Past Chief Program Officer

    Total calculated
    $232,904
    From this org
    $198,542
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $34,362
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,908
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $13,634
    Deferred
    $5,968
    Nontaxable benefits
    $28,394
    Filer's total
    $232,904

  • Ms Shari Kluth

    Past House Lead-Direct Support

    Total calculated
    $127,809
    From this org
    $115,015
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $12,794
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ms Patrice D Lockhart

    Past NEED Medical Director

    Total calculated
    $138,890
    From this org
    $129,903
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,987
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ms Sonya Hawkins

    Nurse Practitioner - Adult

    Total calculated
    $131,927
    From this org
    $110,137
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,790
    Hours/week
    40

  • Ms Debra D Taylor

    Former President & CEO

    Total calculated
    $146,838
    From this org
    $146,838
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    0

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $146,838
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0
    Filer's total
    $146,838

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

  • 3 · Independent compensation consultant
  • 3 · Written employment contract
  • 3 · Compensation survey or study
  • 3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee
  • 4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
  • 7 · Other non-fixed payments

Answered no

  • 4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
  • 4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
  • 5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
  • 5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
  • 6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
  • 6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
  • 8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Part I, Line 4a
During the calendar year 2022, Debra Taylor, Former President & CEO, and Shari Kluth, Past House Lead - Direct Support Professional, received a severance payment of $146,838 and $3,562, respectively, from the Organization.
Part I, Line 7
Shari Kluth, Past House Lead - Direct Support Professional, and Sonya Hawkins, Nurse Practitioner - Adult, received $6,500 and $6,000, respectively, as a retention bonus during 2022.

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Taxable family on this return

Schedule R Parts I, III and IV, as filed. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money moved.

Disregarded entities

Part I: entities that legally are the filer and file no return of their own.

Related corporations and trusts

Part IV: related organizations taxable as a corporation or trust.

  • 329 Bath Road Condominium Owners Association

    C · Condominium Owners Association · ME · 100% owned · share of assets $3,297 · controlled entity

    Directly controlled by Sweetser

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2022
Filed
6 February 2024
IRS schema version
2022v5.0
Source object
202440399349300749

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