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Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center

Columbia, MD · EIN 52-0909351 · 501(c)(3) · Publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(A)(vi))
Latest filing: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center reported $19.1 million in revenue and $18.1 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $88.97 went to program services, $10.52 to management and general costs and $0.51 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 55.9% of the total. Government grants made up 36.0%. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $187,486 (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR). 11 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 268% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.

Where $100 of spending went

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $18M

For context, the median across 864 covered mental health & crisis intervention charities: $86.13 programs, $13.87 management, $0.00 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

The fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $19M

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

FY2025 filing. Median across 864 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
MeasureFY2025Median
Program services
Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)
89.0%85.2%
Management & general
Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)
10.5%13.7%
Fundraising
Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)
0.5%0.0%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions
Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h
$0.01$0.00
Contributions & grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1h ÷ 12
43.6%26.4%
Government grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1e ÷ 12
36.0%14.5%
Program service revenue share
Part VIII 2g ÷ 12
55.9%69.3%
Highest reported compensation
Part VII-A, columns D–F
$187,486$324,111
Highest compensation as share of expenses
Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)
1.03%1.28%
People paid over $100,000
Part VII, line 2
118
Net assets, in months of expenses
Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses
5.36.2
Independent voting board members
Part VI 1a–1b
12 of 12100.0%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense
$3.4M expenses · 20.9% of program spending · grants $295K · revenue $108K

Emergency shelter: the 33-bed family shelter and 18-bed men's shelter provides emergency housing to families and single adults with the goal of helping residents permanently resolve their housing crisis. Each resident develops a plan which addresses their particular needs and challenges. Maximum length of stay is 6 months and is dependent on the resident's continued progress towards achieving the identified goals. Comprehensive support services include case management, access to mental health and addictions treatment, in-house employment support program, financial literacy and parenting…

$12M expenses · 73.1% of program spending · grants $6,057 · revenue $9.7M

Crisis Intervention services include 24-hour hotlines and walk-in counseling for anyone in need of immediate assistance. The hotlines include a general crisis line and the maryland crisis hotline which is a suicide prevention line that becomes a disaster response line during statewide emergencies. Grassroots also participates in the national life line, a national suicide prevention hotline. Grassroots answers hotlines and provides back-up for other agencies that require a 24-hour response. In fy2024, staff answered 78,528 crisis calls. Walk-in counseling is provided on site, 24-hours. There…

$833K expenses · 5.2% of program spending · revenue $901K

The mobile crisis team consists of two master's level mental health professionals who respond with the police to psychiatric emergencies, family crises, traumatic death situations, and other critical events in the community. Team members have authority to sign a petition for emergency evaluation which allows the police to immediately take an individual to the hospital on an involuntary basis for psychiatric evaluation. The team responds with the police to private residences, workplaces, accident scenes, public locations, and provides assessment, Crisis Intervention counseling, access to…

$134K all other programs (line 4d)

Highest reported compensation

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here
RoleFrom this orgFrom related orgsOtherTotal
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Officer, 45.00 hrs/week
$183,810$0$3,676$187,486
NURSE PRACTITIONER
Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week
$153,607$0$0$153,607
SR. DIR. OF OPERATIONS & CORP. COMPLIANCE
Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week
$118,714$0$7,681$126,395
CULINARY MANAGER
Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week
$123,375$0$0$123,375
SR. DIR. CLINICAL & CRISIS SERVICES
Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week
$121,107$0$0$121,107
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OMHC & MCT
Highest compensated employee, 45.00 hrs/week
$109,775$0$10,501$120,276
DEPUTY DIRECTOR 988 TEXT & CHAT
Highest compensated employee, 45.00 hrs/week
$108,856$0$8,249$117,105
CARE CONTROL SUPERVISOR
Highest compensated employee, 50.00 hrs/week
$115,821$0$202$116,023

11 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $200K (Part IX, line 5).

6 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked
RevenueExpenses
$0$5.0M$10M$15M$20MFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025$19M$18M
FilingRevenueExpensesProgramsNet assetsTop pay
FY2025 ⓘ$19M$18M89.0%$7.9M$187,486
FY2024 ⓘ$14M$13M88.7%$6.9M$168,243
FY2023 ⓘ$12M$9.7M91.4%$6.8M$141,502
FY2022 ⓘ$11M$9.9M94.6%$4.8M$129,147
FY2021 ⓘ$7.7M$6.9M92.8%$3.9M$114,158
FY2020 ⓘ$5.2M$5.1M88.0%$3.1M$102,875

Governance answers, as filed

FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means
  • Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b12 · 12 independent
  • Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
  • Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policy Part VI 13Yes
  • Document retention policy Part VI 14No
  • Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
  • Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
  • Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
  • Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
  • Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
  • Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
  • Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
  • Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
  • Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
  • Employees Part I, line 5269
  • Volunteers Part I, line 61,232

Largest outside contractors

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only
INSIGHT GLOBAL
Recruiting services
$659,100
BUTLER SECURITY
Security services
$330,089
DP SOLUTIONS
Technology services
$250,310
ESA MANAGEMENT LLC
Hospitality services
$220,444
INDEED
Advertising service
$117,757

Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 5 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.

Private foundation grants it received

10 private foundations reported grants to Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center totaling $24,031 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

Correct a figure or respond

Every number above is copied from Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.

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Questions people ask

How much of Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center's spending goes to programs?

In the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center reported that 89.0% of its $18.1 million in expenses went to program services, 10.5% to management and general and 0.5% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center reported for one person in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 was $187,486, for the role of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center get its money?

Of $19.1 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, 43.6% came from contributions and grants (including 36.0% from government grants) and 55.9% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center Center a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 52-0909351 as a 501(c)(3) organization (publicly supported organization (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

  • FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, object 202630229349300818 · read the filing · XML
  • FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, object 202530459349301413 · read the filing
  • FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, object 202440299349300314 · read the filing
  • FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, object 202310389349300011 · read the filing
  • FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021, object 202123179349300142 · read the filing
  • FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020, object 202140119349300729 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 52-0909351: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.