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DIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE

EIN 95-1816023 CULVER CITY, CA

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Revenue 2024
$81,321,486
Expenses 2024
$79,340,574

Program services were 82.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F32Z
Classification
1000
Street
4760 SEPULVEDA BLVD

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ROOTS OF THE LOS ANGELES DIDI HIRSCH PSYCHIATRIC SERVICE DBA DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ("DHMHS") EXTEND BACK TO THE 1930S, WHEN A GROUP OF WOMEN FUNDED PSYCHIATRIC CARE FOR PEOPLE WHOSE LIVES WERE DEVASTATED BY THE DEPRESSION. BEGINNING WITH JUST $5,000, AND SPACE PROVIDED BY CEDARS OF LEBANON HOSPITAL, IN 1942, THESE PHILANTHROPIC PIONEERS FORMALLY INCORPORATED AS A 501(C)(3)-THE FIRST FREESTANDING NONPROFIT OUTPATIENT CLINIC FOR ADULTS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY.TODAY, DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES PROVIDES COMPASSIONATE MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, ESPECIALLY IN COMMUNITIES WHERE DISCRIMINATION AND INJUSTICE LIMIT ACCESS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER & SUICIDE PREVENTION SERVICES TO UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS.

  • DHMHS PROVIDES CARING OUTPATIENT AND RESIDENTIAL BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE SERVICES THROUGHOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY. WITH AN OPERATING BUDGET OF $91.2 MILLION, OVER 845 STAFF AND 123 VOLUNTEERS AND DELIVERING SERVICES IN NEIGHBORHOODS FROM PACOIMA TO INGLEWOOD, TO WEST LA. THE AGENCY SERVED OVER 288,459 CHILDREN, FAMILY MEMBERS, ADULTS AND OLDER ADULTS THROUGH 9 COMMUNITY-BASED LOCATIONS AND 73 SCHOOLS. BY DOING SO, DHMHS HAS RESPONDED TO A SIGNIFICANT NEED AS MORE THAN 91% OF OUR MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE CLIENTS SERVED LIVE AT OR BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL.OUTPATIENT SERVICES - DHMHS OFFERS INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND GROUP COUNSELING; PSYCHIATRIC MEDICATION MANAGEMENT; AND CASE COORDINATION/MANAGEMENT FOR ADULTS AND CHILDREN. INTENSIVE SERVICES ARE DELIVERED TO THOSE EXPERIENCING SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS IN COMMUNITY, HOME, AND CLINIC SETTINGS. ON THE CAMPUSES OF ALMOST 73 SCHOOLS, OUR THERAPISTS HELP STUDENTS ADDRESS EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL CHALLENGES AND SUCCEED IN THEIR STUDIES. CLIENTS ALSO WORK ON THEIR WELLNESS AND RECOVERY THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN PEER-LED SUPPORT GROUPS, CLASSES, AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES. CRISIS RESIDENTIAL CARE - DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IS LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S LONGEST-SERVING PROVIDER OF CRISIS RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT, OPERATING ONE RESIDENCE, EXCELSIOR HOUSE. THROUGH OUR SHORT-TERM PROGRAM, MEN AND WOMEN IN PSYCHIATRIC CRISIS MANY OF WHOM ARE HOMELESS OR AT-RISK OF BECOMING HOMELESS REGAIN STABILITY AND IMPROVE THEIR MENTAL HEALTH AND LIVING SITUATIONS.SPECIALIZED CHILDREN'S SERVICES - MANY OF THESE CHILDREN ARE FIVE YEARS OLD AND YOUNGER, SO THROUGH OUR ZERO TO FIVE PROGRAM WE HELP AT-RISK FAMILIES WITH YOUNG CHILDREN DEVELOP POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS THAT LAY THE FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE SUCCESS. ADDITIONALLY, A DEDICATED PROGRAM TAILORED TO YOUTH AGES 15-24 UTILIZES THERAPY AND MEDICATION TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE MANAGE THEIR ILLNESSES AND ASSISTS THEM IN PURSUING AND ATTAINING THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT GOALS. BECAUSE OF ITS COMMITMENT TO CUTTING-EDGE RESEARCH FINDINGS AND BEST PRACTICES, DIDI HIRSCH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IS AN ACTIVE AND CONTRIBUTING MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL CHILD TRAUMATIC STRESS NETWORK (NCTSN).SUICIDE PREVENTION - WITH CONTRACTS FROM ADVOCATES FOR HUMAN POTENTIAL, INC., VIBRANT EMOTIONAL HEALTH, LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY, THE SUICIDE PREVENTION CENTER (SPC) OPERATES THE OLDEST 24/7 SUICIDE PREVENTION CRISIS LINE IN THE NATION. THIS HOTLINE UTILIZES THE SERVICES AND SUPPORT OF ENGLISH- AND SPANISH-SPEAKING COUNSELORS AVAILABLE AT ALL TIMES AND KOREAN-SPEAKING COUNSELORS DURING PEAK HOURS. IN CALENDAR YEAR 2025, THROUGH THIS HOTLINE AS WELL AS THE SPC CHAT AND TEXT LINES, STAFF RESPONDED TO OVER 234,459 CALLS, CHATS AND TEXTS FROM DISTRESSED INDIVIDUALS OR LOVED ONES CONCERNED ABOUT THEM. STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS PROVIDE PREVENTION TRAINING AT SCHOOLS, LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES, HOSPITALS, COUNSELING CENTERS, AND PLACES OF WORSHIP. OUR SUICIDE RESPONSE TEAM OFFERS IMMEDIATE SUPPORT AT THE SCENE OF SUICIDES THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH THE LOS ANGELES MAYOR'S CRISIS RESPONSE TEAM. FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A LOVED ONE TO SUICIDE, SPC PROVIDES BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS AND TELEPHONE COUNSELING. IT ALSO OFFERS SUPPORT GROUPS TO INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. THIS SUPPORT GROUP CURRICULUM FOR SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS HAS BEEN ACCEPTED BY A NATIONAL REGISTRY AND REQUESTED WITH OVER 3,387 MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN ALL 50 STATES AND AN ADDITIONAL 59 COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $58,594,647 · Grants $629,874 · Revenue $9,310,050

  • DHMHS OFFERS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT PREVENTION COUNSELING IN OUR COMMUNITY-BASED CLINICS AND IN THE FIELD FOR TEENS AND ADULTS WITH DRUG- AND ALCOHOL-RELATED PROBLEMS, INCLUDING FORMERLY HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY'S HOUSING FIRST PROGRAM, KNOWN AS PROJECT 50.CLIENT ENGAGEMENT AND SERVICES CENTER (CENS) THROUGH THE CENS SYSTEM, DHMHS SERVES AS A LIAISON BETWEEN INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED WITH STATE, COUNTY, CITY AND HOSPITAL PARTNERS (E.G., COURTS, PROBATION SYSTEM) AND SPECIALTY SUBSTANCE USE SERVICES. OUR COUNSELORS ENGAGE AND FACILITATE LINKAGE OF THESE INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE TREATMENT SERVICES AND PROGRAMS.WOMEN'S RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT - THROUGH THE AGENCY'S VIA AVANTA PROGRAM, WOMEN ARE ABLE TO RECOVER FROM SERIOUS SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND MENTAL ILLNESS IN A SAFE, SUPPORTIVE LIVING ENVIRONMENT. WOMEN AND THEIR CHILDREN BENEFIT FROM INDIVIDUAL, FAMILY, AND SUBSTANCE USE COUNSELING SESSIONS; PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT; PARENTING CLASSES; AND OTHER ACTIVITIES DESIGNED TO MAINTAIN SOBRIETY AND IMPROVE EMPLOYMENT AND LIFE SKILLS. CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF SIX WHO LIVE WITH THEIR MOTHERS ON SITE TAKE PART IN DEVELOPMENTALLY BENEFICIAL ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $4,740,779 · Grants $166,011

  • EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING SERVICES - THROUGH OUR CALWORKS PROGRAM, DHMHS SUPPORTS CLIENTS IN THEIR JOB SEARCHES AND HAS HELPED 70% OF INDIVIDUALS REFERRED FOR SERVICES GAIN EMPLOYMENT. CLIENTS ARE ALSO ASSISTED WITH SECURING SAFE AND ACCESSIBLE HOUSING THROUGH OUR HOUSING SPECIALISTS, WHO ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF WITH HOUSING AGENCIES AND LANDLORDS AND VISIT PROSPECTIVE LIVING SITUATIONS WITH THEM.

    Expenses $2,033,198 · Grants $20,097

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Lyn Morris

    CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $513,261
    From this org
    $492,762
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,499
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $443,262
    Bonus
    $49,500
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,249
    Filer's total
    $513,261
  • Donald Meland

    ASSOC. MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $429,764
    From this org
    $405,215
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $24,549
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $405,215
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $7,299
    Filer's total
    $429,764
  • Andrew R Dow

    ASSOC. MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $351,101
    From this org
    $330,968
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,133
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $330,968
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,883
    Filer's total
    $351,101
  • Kristine Santoro PhD

    CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $395,012
    From this org
    $374,547
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $20,465
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $328,947
    Bonus
    $45,600
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,215
    Filer's total
    $395,012
  • Richard Ciasca

    PSYCHIATRIST

    Total calculated
    $346,760
    From this org
    $326,907
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $19,853
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $326,907
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $2,603
    Filer's total
    $346,760
  • Howard Goldman End 125

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $387,255
    From this org
    $364,250
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $23,005
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $319,250
    Bonus
    $45,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $17,250
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,755
    Filer's total
    $387,255
  • Inessa Essaian

    PSYCHIATRIST

    Total calculated
    $329,921
    From this org
    $311,710
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,211
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $311,710
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $16,409
    Nontaxable benefits
    $1,802
    Filer's total
    $329,921
  • Danielle Serrano

    VP DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $290,528
    From this org
    $276,167
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,361
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $240,917
    Bonus
    $35,250
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $13,833
    Nontaxable benefits
    $528
    Filer's total
    $290,528
  • Christopher Austin Begin 1024

    CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $52,562
    From this org
    $52,308
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $254
    Hours/week
    40
  • William D Lippincott

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Melissa Rivers

    CO-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathy Chappell Dossett

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andy Riemer

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nancy Hirsch Rubin

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sara J Rutenberg

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Gail Kamer Lieberfarb

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Christopher J Harrer

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jennifer Eidinger

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Elizabeth Friedman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Scott Lahman

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michael Landres

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Peter Mezza

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sarosh Mistry

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Laura Ornest

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Gerrol

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

The first 25 listed. 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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $81,321,486
    Expenses
    $79,340,574
    Contributions
    $71,188,501
    Grants paid
    $815,982
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $93,179,079
    Expenses
    $89,206,861
    Contributions
    $86,099,073
    Grants paid
    $396,678
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $85,255,201
    Expenses
    $76,895,901
    Contributions
    $80,056,199
    Grants paid
    $214,428

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $55,301,593
    Expenses
    $54,230,991
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,010,238
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $56,563,116
    Expenses
    $53,105,421
    Assets (EOY)
    $51,610,501
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,136,488
    Expenses
    $52,086,615
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,369,524
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $54,117,627
    Expenses
    $49,492,399
    Assets (EOY)
    $44,182,722
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,075,314
    Expenses
    $43,818,409
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,534,299
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,075,314
    Expenses
    $43,818,409
    Assets (EOY)
    $42,534,299
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,916,089
    Expenses
    $42,061,590
    Assets (EOY)
    $27,036,940
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $45,065,650
    Expenses
    $41,355,612
    Assets (EOY)
    $24,054,220
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $44,048,035
    Expenses
    $41,816,107
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,914,282
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $41,153,720
    Expenses
    $40,306,260
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,456,948

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.