Main Street Counseling Center

“Steve margeotes, the executive director, is married to mary duguid, the clinical director.”

“The return preparer sends a copy of the form 990 in draft form to the signing officer of the organization to forward to the board members to be reviewed before it is submitted and filed with the irs. After a given time to be reviewed, the board members give their comments and questions and/or approves the form 990 to be submitted and filed with the irs. After taking considerations of the board members's comments and questions, the return preparer then finalizes the form 990 and sends the filing copy to the signing officer of the organization to be submitted and filed with the irs. The signing officer sends a copy of the filed copy of the form 990 to each board members.”

“To ensure the organization operates in a manner consistent with charitable purposes and does not engage in activities that could jeopardize its tax-exempt status, periodic reviews are conducted whether compensation arrangements and benefits are reasonable, based on competent survey information, and the result of arm's length bargaining; and whether partnerships, joint ventures, and arrangements with management organizations conform to the organization's written policies, are properly recorded, reflect reasonable investment or payments for goods and services, further charitable purposes, and do not result in inurnment, impermissible private benefit, or in an excess benefit transaction.”

“Compensation and approval of executive and clinical directors are reviewed and approved by the voting members of the organization provided that persons with a conflict of interest with respect to the compensation arrangement at issue were not involved. Voting members have data to use to compare compensation for similarly qualified persons in functionally comparable positions at similarly situated organizations. The organization keep contemporaneous documentation and recordkeeping of the deliberations and decisions regarding the compensation arrangement.”

“No documents are available to the public, however the organization will provide copies upon request. Inspection of documents are available at the office of the organization upon request.”

“Main st. Counseling was founded in 1980 with the goal of serving low-income and uninsured residents of newark and the oranges. In the 42 years since, weve expanded our reach and services to treat clients from 16 different new jersey counties. Our services include traditional therapy for depression, anxiety, and trauma for individuals; couples and family counseling; and outreach services for students and seniors. We serve well over 500 clients each and every week through our innovative suite of services.our business model of matching generous donations with client service fees has proved sustainable for over four decades. We have a strong mix of supporters, including local private foundations, corporate foundations and local businesses, and various government bodies at each level: town, county, and state. By supplementing these grants with client insurance reimbursements and the modest fees we collect from uninsured clients on our sliding-scale fee schedule, weve been able to not just maintain our level of services, but consistently grow our staff and services throughout the years.as we move into the new fiscal year, we seek to ambitiously expand once again. Demand for our services has skyrocketed as the stigma of receiving services has declined and as our reputation in the community has grown. In order to keep up with the clear need we see in the community, we hope to continue to increase grant funding. These donations serve as seed money to hire new staff, which will in turn result in an increase of services provided and fees collected, creating a sustainable business model that will propel us forward.during this time of growth, we will continue to keep our mission as the core of everything we do here. By accepting medicaid and medicare, offering affordable income-based fees for the uninsured, staffing bilingual therapists, and by owning a handicap-accessible building just steps away from public transportation, weve been able to serve those most in need in our community.”