UPPER MANHATTAN MENTAL HEALTH CENTER
Mission Statement
Based in Harlem, the Emma L. Bowen Community Service Center provides mental health and addiction treatment as well as providing advocacy and connections to needed services such as physicians, nutrition, entitlements and benefits, food stamps, legal services, and rehabilitation services to more than 6,000 clients annually to Harlem / Upper Manhattan residents and individuals/families from all five boroughs. Established more than three decades to help combat the stigma of mental health illness in the Harlem community, by ensuring that the community had a local resource where they would feel comfortable, the Bowen Center has become a beacon for all those in need, but especially the city’s most vulnerable, many of whom are low-income individuals living below the poverty line. Bowen’s broad array of programs and services allows this important nonprofit to work with individuals of all ages—from infants to senior citizens, both in-person and through telehealth, as appropriate, in accordance with a client’s needs and preferences.
Financial Overview — FY 2025
Compared with Peers
FY 2025| Ratio | This org | Peer median | Position (P10 → P90) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Program expense ratio
Program expenses / total expenses
· higher is better
|
85.4% | 85.0% |
P10P90
|
Above median |
|
Admin expense ratio
Management and general / total expenses
· lower is better
|
14.6% | 13.4% |
P10P90
|
Below median |
|
Fundraising expense ratio
Fundraising expenses / total expenses
· lower is better
|
0.0% | 0.0% |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
|
Operating reserve
Months of expenses covered by net assets
· higher is better
|
1.4 mo | 7.3 mo |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Liabilities to assets
Total liabilities / total assets
· lower is better
|
79.4% | 25.7% |
P10P90
|
Bottom quarter |
|
Revenue concentration
Share of revenue from the largest source
· lower is better
|
63.3% | 86.2% |
P10P90
|
Top quarter |
|
Revenue growth
Year over year revenue growth
|
-24.1% | 7.7% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Expense growth
Year over year expense growth
|
0.7% | 6.7% |
P10P90
|
|
|
Surplus margin
Surplus as a share of revenue
|
-24.5% | 3.6% |
P10P90
|
Financial History
| Year | Revenue | Expenses | Net Assets | Program % | Staff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $18.9M | $23.6M | $2.8M | 85.4% | 287 |
| 2024 | $24.9M | $23.4M | $7.4M | 84.0% | 194 |
| 2023 | $24.0M | $19.5M | $5.9M | 81.9% | 196 |
| 2022 | $17.7M | $16.9M | $1.3M | 87.5% | 229 |
| 2021 | $15.7M | $15.1M | N/A | — | 212 |
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