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MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE

EIN 51-0069000 WILMINGTON, DE

Revenue 2024
$2,237,939
Expenses 2024
$2,106,400

Program services were 87.1% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F80Z
Classification
1000
Street
100 W 10TH ST STE 905

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).

Other organizations at this address

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 905). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO DELIVER MENTAL HEALTH EDUCATION, SUPPORT, AND ADVOCACY, AND TO COLLABORATE IN PROVIDING MENTAL HEALTH LEADERSHIP IN DELAWARE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE ORGANIZATION'S MISSION IS TO PROMOTE IMPROVED MENTAL WELLBEING FOR ALL INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES IN DELAWARE THROUGH EDUCATION, SUPPORT AND ADVOCACY

  • 2024 WAS A YEAR OF GROWTH AND ACHIEVEMENT FOR THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION IN DELAWARE. MHA EXPANDED ITS NEW PEER SUPPORT TRAINING PROGRAM THAT GIVES CERTIFIED SKILLSETS TO THOSE WHO MAY HAVE STRUGGLED INTEGRATING BACK INTO SOCIETY. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM AND BOLSTER THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKFORCE, WE PROVIDED PEER CERTIFICATION TRAINING WITHIN THREE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES IN DELAWARE. THESE PARTICIPANTS CAN WORK AS PEER SPECIALISTS WHILE INSIDE THE FACILITIES, TAKE THEIR NATIONAL EXAMINATION, AND BECOME CERTIFIED PEER SPECIALISTS. WHEN RELEASED, THIS GIVES THEM A CAREER PATH IN THE COMMUNITY AND ALLOWS THEM TO HELP OTHERS TO REMAIN ENGAGED WITH MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SUPPORTS AND MOVE FORWARD IN RECOVERY. WE ARE PROUD OF OUR PROGRESS SO FAR AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING MORE INDIVIDUALS GROW IN THEIR RECOVERY AND CAREER JOURNEYS.WE MAINTAINED OUR PEER CERTIFICATION TRAINING PROGRAM IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGHOUT 2024 AS WELL, IN BOTH AN ONLINE PLATFORM AND IN-PERSON, MAKING IT ACCESSIBLE AND APPEALING TO INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE STATE WITH VARIED SCHEDULES AND NEEDS. WE ADDED NEW CONTINUING EDUCATION UNIT OFFERINGS TO HELP DELAWARE'S PEER WORKFORCE MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION AND TO HAVE THE MOST CURRENT AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION. WE CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT PEER PROGRAM, WHERE OUR DEDICATED PEER SPECIALISTS OFFER A LIVING EXAMPLE OF HOPE TO THOSE WHO MAY BE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS AND/OR ADDICTION WHICH SOMETIMES LEADS TO COURT INVOLVEMENT. OUR PEERS HAVE GONE ABOVE AND BEYOND TO CONTINUE TO PROVIDE MENTORSHIP AND ASSISTANCE WITH ACCESSING FOOD, CLOTHING, HOUSING AND TRANSPORTATION, IN ADDITION TO THE MENTORSHIP THAT IS MOST CRITICAL. WE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF EXPANDING THIS IMPORTANT PROGRAM FROM NEW CASTLE COUNTY TO KENT AND SUSSEX COUNTIES.IN 2024, WE ONCE AGAIN HELD A CONFERENCE FOCUSED ON THE MILITARY COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS ONE FOCUSED ON STUDENTS AND STAFF IN HIGHER EDUCATION. WE ALSO PROVIDED OUR ANNUAL EMPOWERING COMMUNITY WELLNESS SYMPOSIUMS, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS STRESS MANAGEMENT WORKSHOPS, WHICH TEACH PARTICIPANTS HOW TO BRING THEIR BODIES BACK TO A PARASYMPATHETIC STATE OF RELAXATION, LESSENING THE DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF CHRONIC STRESS.WITH RISING RATES OF SUICIDE, IT WAS VITALLY IMPORTANT TO US TO CONTINUE TO PLACE STRONG EMPHASIS ON SUICIDE PREVENTION EDUCATION. WE PROVIDED A VARIETY OF TRAININGS TO HELP DELAWAREANS RECOGNIZE THE WARNING SIGNS OF SUICIDE, AND CONNECT THOSE IN NEED WITH THE APPROPRIATE HELP. THESE INCLUDED MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID AND QUESTION, PERSUADE, REFER (QPR) AS WELL AS AN IN-PERSON TWO-DAY APPLIED SUICIDE INTERVENTION SKILLS TRAINING (ASIST). MHA CONTINUED TO CHAIR THE DELAWARE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION, A GATHERING OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AGENCIES FOCUSED ON SUICIDE PREVENTION IN DELAWARE TO INCLUDE MILITARY COMMUNITIES, YOUTH PROGRAMS, AND AMONG COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY STUDENTS. OUR ADVOCACY EFFORTS REMAIN AN IMPORTANT PART OF WHAT WE DO, AS WE STRIVE TO INFLUENCE POLICY TOWARDS AN IMPROVED MENTAL HEALTH SYSTEM FOR DELAWARE, AND OF THE NATION. FINALLY, WE HAVE CONTINUED TO COORDINATE MENTAL HEALTH SCREENINGS THROUGHOUT THE STATE FOR NATIONAL DEPRESSION SCREENING DAY, IN-PERSON OR VIRTUAL THROUGH SCREENING SOFTWARE THAT CAN FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. IT CAN SCREEN FOR DEPRESSION AND A VARIETY OF COMMON MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS.SOME NUMERICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF 2024 INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING: PROVIDED SUICIDE PREVENTION TRAINING TO 1369 DELAWAREANS; GAVE OTHER MENTAL HEALTH PRESENTATIONS TO 642 DELAWAREANS; AND REACHED OVER 6500 DELAWAREANS WITH AWARENESS RESOURCES THROUGH HEALTH FAIRS AND TABLING EVENTS. DURING THE YEAR, 268 PEOPLE EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION OR AN ANXIETY DISORDER, OR LOSS OF A LOVED ONE TO SUICIDE, ATTENDED ONE OF OUR SUPPORT GROUPS, EITHER VIRTUALLY OR IN PERSON. IN 2024, WE FACILITATED 13 MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAININGS, 29 LIFELINES PRESENTATIONS (ADULTS AND YOUTH), 7 TWO-DAY APPLIED SUICIDE INTERVENTION SKILLS TRAINING (ASIST), AND 15 QUESTION, PERSUADE, REFER TRAININGS. IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MILITARY SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE DELAWARE SUICIDE PREVENTION COALITION, WE PROVIDED QUARTERLY WEBINARS INCLUDING SUICIDE PREVENTION TOOLS AND RESOURCES TARGETING PROVIDERS, SERVICE MEMBERS, VETERANS, AND THEIR FAMILIES; AND A CONFERENCE SERVING OVER 150 PEOPLE. COORDINATED NATIONAL DEPRESSION SCREENING DAY, WITH 13 DIFFERENT SCREENINGS FOR MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS INCLUDING DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, AND ADDICTION. 67 PEOPLE WERE SCREENED IN PERSON AND PROVIDED INFORMATION ABOUT HOW TO OBTAIN TREATMENT. PROVIDED PEER-FOCUSED TRAINING TO OVER 250 PEOPLE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCE WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, THROUGH PROGRAMS INCLUDING THE 50-HOUR DELAWARE PEER CERTIFICATION TRAINING COURSE AS WELL AS CONTINUING EDUCATION OFFERINGS AND AN ANNUAL SUMMIT. IN 2024, THE 6TH ANNUAL UMATTER2DE HIGHER EDUCATION SUICIDE PREVENTION CONFERENCE WAS HELD, WITH OVER 100 PARTICIPANTS. IN COLLABORATION WITH A COMMUNITY PLANNING COUNCIL, OUR EMPOWERING COMMUNITY WELLNESS SYMPOSIUM PROVIDED EDUCATION TO OVER 250 PARTICIPANTS. PROVIDED OVER 1000 SERVICES EACH MONTH TO CLIENTS OF THE MENTAL HEALTH COURT, INCLUDING MENTORSHIP; TRANSPORTATION TO PROBATION, TREATMENT AND MORE; AND ASSISTANCE WITH FOOD, CLOTHING, EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING.

    Expenses $1,833,737

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.

  • Valerie Harwood

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4
  • Lisa Thornton

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Stuart Bahnsen

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Katrina Beach

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5
  • Vishesh Agarwal

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Frauli

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Rachel Lee Garofolo

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Tanya Haley

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Dona Mesko

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Nadine Moone

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Sandra Rodriguez

    BOARD MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Emily Vera

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $99,423
    From this org
    $99,423
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $2,237,939
    Expenses
    $2,106,400
    Contributions
    $2,165,636
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $1,975,253
    Expenses
    $2,018,602
    Contributions
    $1,933,311
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $1,724,563
    Expenses
    $1,678,613
    Contributions
    $1,683,076
    Grants paid
    $0

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
    $1,684,033
    Expenses
    $1,625,363
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,106,265
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,541,214
    Expenses
    $1,489,012
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,622,255
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,459,501
    Expenses
    $1,443,205
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,299,363
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,371,910
    Expenses
    $1,377,990
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,273,527
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,272,615
    Expenses
    $1,361,344
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,295,386
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,619,366
    Expenses
    $1,570,862
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,301,731
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,838,771
    Expenses
    $1,792,040
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,569,324
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,945,404
    Expenses
    $1,945,982
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,568,068
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $1,563,078
    Expenses
    $1,585,315
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,530,913
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $1,148,282
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,487,976

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 29 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.