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River Valley Counseling Center Inc

Holyoke, Massachusetts · EIN 04-2174657 · Mental Health & Crisis · tax-exempt since 1976

C

Charity Clarity grade C (score 63.2 of 100), based on the Form 990 for the year ended June 2025.

Graded against 5,571 mental health & crisis nonprofits with revenue $10M–$50M filing the same form. A = top 10%, B = next 20%, C = middle 40%, D = next 20%, F = bottom 10%.

What goes into the grade

MeasureThis charityScore (0–100)
ReservesMonths of spending covered by unrestricted net assets.1.5 months50
GovernanceBoard independence, key policies and audit, per the 990.82% of practices82
Margin stabilityHow steady the surplus or deficit is year to year.33
Revenue spreadHow much revenue rests on one type of income.11% from one source66
Filing recordOn-time, complete filings, year after year.100%100
Program spendingSelf-reported by the filer.91.5%not scored
Management costsShare of spending.8.5%not scored
Cost to raise $1Fundraising cost per dollar given.$0.00not scored

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Year by year

2016201720182019202020212022202320242025grey: revenue · green: spending
Year endedFormRevenueSpendingSurplusNet assetsMonths of spendingStaffGrade
Jun 2025Form 990$22.63M$20.24M$2.38M$2.55M1.5444C
Sep 2024Form 990$27.48M$26.81M$671K$1.09M0.5437C
Sep 2023Form 990$27.85M$27.81M$38K$415K0.2447C
Sep 2022Form 990$26.04M$27.15M−$1.11M$357K0.2379C
Sep 2021Form 990$20.56M$19.94M$616K$1.47M0.9329C
Sep 2020Form 990$18.13M$16.13M$2.01M$848K0.6293D
Sep 2019Form 990$12.49M$13.98M−$1.49M−$1.16M-1.0209C
Sep 2018Form 990$10.69M$11.55M−$861K$29K0.0245C
Sep 2017Form 990$9.62M$10.22M−$594K$390K0.5220B
Sep 2016Form 990$8.75M$9.24M−$490K$833K1.1221C

From the organisation’s own IRS filings. “Months of spending” is total net assets divided by a month of that year’s spending. A blank grade means that year was not rated.

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