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MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $657,742 to it, the largest being FINGER LAKES PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM INC ($378,612). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.

Revenue FY2024
$34M
Funders on record
4
Grants received
$658k
Net assets
$13M
3/4 repeat funderspeak grant-dependency 1%
01What it does

What Mental Health Services of Erie County Se Corp V does

Mission

Spectrum human services respectfully partners with adults, children, and families as they recover from behavioral, emotional, mental heath and/or substance related disorders by offering individualized and meaningful opportunities of hope, empowerment and support to achieve self-defined improvments in their quality of life.

As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.

Programs

  1. Certified community behavioral health center (ccbhc)in july of 2017 spectrum was designated as one of three local providers to initiate a new outpatient clinic model referred to as a ccbhc. This allows spectrum to provide a range of new services within outpatient facilities. Ccbhc service components include individual counseling, psychiatric evaluation and medication management, peer support services, psychiatric rehabilitation, health screenings, case management, crisis intervention, community-based outreach, and off-site services. We also provide 24/7 on-call and crisis intervention services to all ccbhc clients. Services are designed to provide a holistic and comprehensive set of service components to address client needs with the appropriate level of service expertise without needing to refer to additional providers. Our services also include a range of options for ambulatory detox services and other substance abuse treatments. We operate this programming in 4 primary locations in erie county as well as 3 primary care satellite offices and one location in wyoming county.

    $17,784,114 spent$17,699,531 earned by the program
    59% of program spending
  2. Assertive community treatment teams (act)act is a nys omh licensed program providing intensive community-based services to clients in the field who are successful with traditional outpatient services. Services are provided by a team of psychiatrists, nurses, co-occurring disorder specialists, licensed clinical therapists, peers and case managers. The program provides intensive community outreach and services in the client's home or other location. At least four to six visits are made monthly to address case management, community integration and behavioral health stability. The goal is to ensure integration in the community while providing behavioral health treatment and physical health monitoring to avoid costly emergency room or inpatient hospitalizations. Spectrum operates 3 fully staffed act programs. They are currently operating in niagara, erie and cattaraugus county. All programs work closely with the county operated spoa programs to identify program recipients and insure rapid access and enrollment into programs.

    $3,651,275 spent$3,467,994 earned by the program
    12% of program spending
  3. Housing stability and case managementspectrum operates 387 scattered site supportive housing beds in erie and wyoming county. These programs are funded with a combination of housing and urban development grants, nys office of mental health funding and nys office of alcohol and substance abuse housing. The program provides rental assistance and community-based case management services for adults and families affected by any one or more chronic behavioral or physical health conditions. The goal of the program is to assist individuals with chronic disabilities maintain themselves in the community, avoid costly hospitalizations, and, to the extent possible, establish the highest level of independent living given their disability. We have a staff of almost 20 case managers, peers and resources specialist that collaborate on services plans to ensure each individual has maximum linkage to mainstream resources. We also work with our vocational specialist to develop vocation, education and other employment goals as desired by the recipients.

    $5,595,719 spent$4,844 earned by the program
    19% of program spending
  4. Other services:subcontracted serviceshud housing serviceschildren's intensive servicesother miscellaneous services

    $2,903,448 spent$1,981,003 earned by the program
    10% of program spending

The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $29,934,556.

02The organization over time

The organization over time

Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended.

100 = 20172017 Revenue 100 ($21M) Expenses 100 ($21M) Net assets 100 ($2.3M)2018 Revenue 117 ($25M) Expenses 120 ($25M) Net assets 140 ($3.2M)2019 Revenue 143 ($31M) Expenses 145 ($30M) Net assets 184 ($4.2M)2020 Revenue 150 ($32M) Expenses 161 ($33M) Net assets 151 ($3.5M)2021 Revenue 162 ($35M) Expenses 173 ($36M) Net assets 111 ($2.5M)2022 Revenue 175 ($37M) Expenses 157 ($32M) Net assets 335 ($7.7M)2023 Revenue 165 ($35M) Expenses 156 ($32M) Net assets 494 ($11M)2024 Revenue 161 ($34M) Expenses 166 ($34M) Net assets 561 ($13M)
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Revenue (161)Expenses (166)Net assets (561)

Balance sheet

Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $7.5M to $18M (+138%).

$4.7M
$5.6M
$9.8M
$12M
$7.5M
$18M
$19M
$22M
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Total assetsTotal liabilities

How it's funded, over time

Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.

2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
ContributionsProgram revenueInvestmentOther

Government-grant reliance: 2017 25% · 2018 27% · 2019 25% · 2020 27% · 2021 27% · 2022 27% · 2023 31% · 2024 31%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.

Surplus & reserves

Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.

$866k
’17
$429k
’18
$948k
’19
−$873k
’20
−$919k
’21
$5.2M
’22
$3.3M
’23
$510k
’24
0.4
months of
reserve

Leadership and staff

The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.

Chief executive

Cynthia Voelker

Chief executive officer

Board chair

David S Whittemore Esq

Chairperson

As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.

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Listed1518262018181718
Joined·+4+9+3+4+2+4+5
No longer listed·1196254
03Who funds it

Who funds it, year by year

2017 → 2023: the base held at 2 funders, grant income fell $75k → $32k.

Funder
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'21
'22
'23
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total
funders
2
1
2
3
3
1
2
1

2 of 4 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 40% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.

From the IRS filings of MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

How concentrated its funding is

MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V leans on a few funders — its largest provides 58% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.

the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left

100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V.

58%
largest funder
100%
top three
~2
effective funders

Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 65% · 2018 100% · 2019 83% · 2020 59% · 2021 80% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — growing more concentrated.

“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

Where its funders are

100% of MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V's grant income comes from New York funders.

NY

In-state vs out-of-state, by year

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New York out of state home

Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $263k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.

04Its place in the field

Government funding MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V receives

Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $9.9M on record.

Federal$9.9M
grants $9.9Mcontracts $0
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Top agencies
  • Department of Health and Human Services$6.2M
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development$3.7M

Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.

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05Profile & governance

Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.

Where the money goes

88% of spending goes to programs.

Program 88%Management 12%Fundraising 0%

Governance

10
board members
100%
independent
✓Conflict-of-interest policy✓Whistleblower policy✓Document retention✓Board reviewed the 990✓Audited financials

Public support

100%

Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.

Footprint & structure

Files a return copy in 1 state

NY

Part of a family of 2 related entities

  • Spectrum Human Services Foundation Inc · exempt
  • Value Network Ipa LLC · partnership

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Questions and answers

Who funds MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V?
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V (New York) receives grants from 4 organizations whose IRS filings report $657,742 to it, the largest being FINGER LAKES PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM INC ($378,612). 3 of them have funded it in more than one year.
How many funders does MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V have?
IRS filings report 4 organizations giving $657,742 in grants to MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V, 3 of which have funded it in more than one year.
Who is the largest funder of MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V?
FINGER LAKES PERFORMING PROVIDER SYSTEM INC is the largest funder on record, with $378,612 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
How can an organization like MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES OF ERIE COUNTY SE CORP V find more funders?
Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.

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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 4 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing