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Lufkin, TX501(c)(3)Since 1974Human Services EIN 75-1442393Revenue $53.7M in FY2025

On file with the IRSmyburke.org2001 S Medford Dr, 75901-6260 · Lufkin, TXTax-exempt since Nov 1974Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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In a twelve county region, provide quality behavioral healthcare services to individuals with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and substance abuse services.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
96¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 9 volunteers and 778 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $77K a year · under 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
96%
of spending
Looks good: 96% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.3M
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Top officer’s pay higher than 82% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 3.8 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $157K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$15.5M
51% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 51% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
9
of 9 voting members
Looks good: 9 of 9 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$53.7M
-11% vs prior year
Spent
$55.9M
To programs
96%
Net assets
$14.8M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$53.7M
FY2025▼ -11%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$58.6M
FY2021$57.6M
FY2022$55.0M
FY2023$57.3M
FY2024$60.5M
FY2025$53.7M
Expenses
$55.9M
FY2025▼ -10%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$56.4M
FY2021$56.2M
FY2022$54.4M
FY2023$58.3M
FY2024$62.0M
FY2025$55.9M
Net assets
$14.8M
FY2025▼ -13%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$14.3M
FY2021$15.9M
FY2022$16.5M
FY2023$18.5M
FY2024$17.0M
FY2025$14.8M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending August 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 1974.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

96 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 96% · $53.8M Management & general 4% · $2.1M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

20 people listed on the 990; $2.3M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
$333,701Pt VII · Sec A
$299,150Pt VII · Sec A
David Larned
Physician
$257,851Pt VII · Sec A
James Smith
Chief Clinical Officer
$238,138Pt VII · Sec A
Chris Banks
IT Director
$183,037Pt VII · Sec A
David Baker
Controller
$179,600Pt VII · Sec A
Dirk Dekerlegend
Physician Assistant
$176,400Pt VII · Sec A
Mike Cunyus
Mh Director
$169,443Pt VII · Sec A

Melanie Taylor’s $334K as CEO is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Melanie Taylor$333,701$275,286$244,834$255,052$221,474$193,992
Sridevi Vemulapalli$299,150$300,721$254,364$229,768$226,050$213,087
Susan Rushing—————$267,622
David Larned$257,851$229,927$239,947$205,065$264,474$215,359
James Smith$238,138$193,828$195,351$164,698$167,557$139,876
Savitha Balakrishna—$222,519$208,256$209,538$209,538$194,872
Chris Banks$183,037—————
David Baker$179,600$140,698$138,253$124,617$120,370$110,717

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers quality behavioral healthcare for mental illness, disabilities, and substance abuse.

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3 programs · $31.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Mental Health

Adult

$11.5Mprogram expense
02

Individual with development disabilities

$11.4Mprogram expense
03

Mental health crisis

$8.8Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Memorial Health System of East TexasFY2024$136K
Memorial Medical Center - LivingstonFY2024$21K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$157K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$53.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$30.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21.9M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Money outPt IX
$55.9M
Ln 25
Programscol B$53.8M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Owns and owesPt X
$14.8M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$17.7M
Total assetsLn 16$30.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15.5M
PeoplePt VI, VII
20
listed · VII A
PaidVII A11
Voting boardVI 1a9
IndependentVI 1b9
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$21.9M
Government grantsLn 1e$21.9M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$30.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$1.1M
Gains on assetsLn 7$255K
Total revenueLn 12$53.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$14.5M
SavingsLn 2$3.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$17.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$2.7M
Other assetsLn 15$762K
Total assetsLn 16$30.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15.5M
Net assetsLn 32$14.8M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5778
VolunteersI 69
Fiscal year endsHeaderAugust
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$16.3M$17.7M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.3M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$3.4M$2.7M
Total assetsLn 16$32.5M$30.3M
LiabilitiesLn 26$15.5M$15.5M
Net assetsLn 32$17.0M$14.8M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$711K$679K$32K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$22.5M$21.5M$1.0M
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$1.5M$1.5M$70K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$4.7M$4.5M$214K
Payroll taxesLn 10$319K$304K$14K
Legal feesLn 11b$47K$47K
Accounting feesLn 11c$60K$60K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$5.6M$5.4M$257K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$15K$14K$681
OccupancyLn 16$2.7M$2.6M$125K
TravelLn 17$343K$328K$16K
InterestLn 20$31K$31K
InsuranceLn 23$384K$367K$17K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$16.0M$15.9M$171K
All other expensesLn 24e$800K$778K$23K
Total functional expensesLn 25$55.9M$53.8M$2.1M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $53.7M$55.9M−$2.2M$14.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $60.5M$62.0M−$1.5M$17.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $57.3M$58.3M−$932K$18.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $55.0M$54.4M$596K$16.5M 990 PDF
FY2021 $57.6M$56.2M$1.3M$15.9M 990 PDF
FY2020 $58.6M$56.4M$2.2M$14.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $53,714,470 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $20,998,789$21,894,121
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $38,225,074$30,674,851
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,272,111$1,145,498
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $60,495,974$53,714,470
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $30,320,822$29,780,145
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $31,681,684$26,103,867
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $62,002,506$55,884,012
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,506,532−$2,169,542
Part VI · Governance 9 of 9 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body9
VI-1b Independent voting members9
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $53,714,470 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$21,894,121
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$21,894,121
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $30,674,851$30,674,851
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $889,999$889,999
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $255,499$255,499
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $30,930,350 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $889,999$53,714,470
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $55,884,012 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $679,038 · Management $32,331$711,369
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $21,475,601 · Management $1,022,504$22,498,105
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,473,056 · Management $70,136$1,543,192
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $4,494,851 · Management $214,010$4,708,861
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $304,137 · Management $14,481$318,618
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $46,654$46,654
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $59,603$59,603
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $5,391,823 · Management $256,717$5,648,540
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $14,298 · Management $681$14,979
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $2,619,965 · Management $124,743$2,744,708
IX-17 TravelPrograms $327,752 · Management $15,605$343,357
IX-20 InterestManagement $30,775$30,775
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $366,735 · Management $17,461$384,196
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $15,859,181 · Management $171,459$16,030,640
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $777,694 · Management $22,721$800,415
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $53,784,131 · Management $2,099,881 · Fundraising $0$55,884,012
Part X · Balance sheet $30,293,980 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $13,299,745$14,535,719
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $3,025,271$3,168,875
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $2,584,411$2,270,239
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $3,794,741$2,291,686
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $3,487,936$1,910,367
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $715,758$1,270,727
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $3,351,924$2,681,255
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $1,339,779$1,403,376
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $853,289$761,736
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $32,452,854$30,293,980
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $4,826,737$4,678,926
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $5,924,328$7,586,657
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $4,706,163$3,202,313
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $15,457,228$15,467,896
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $16,995,626$14,826,084
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $32,452,854$30,293,980
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $14,826,084 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$53,714,470
XI-2 Total expenses$55,884,012
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$2,169,542
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$16,995,626
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$14,826,084

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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