Onondaga Case Management, INC. DBA circare (here in after referred to as "circare") supports individuals and their families who have encountered obstacles develop the resources and supports to live a satisfying and naturally interdependent life. Circare's team of care managers, clinicians, vocational specialists, peer specialists, and medical professionals are trained in a multitude of evidence-based practices proven to help people attain their desired goals and to sustain recovery and build resilience. Circare's team provides person-centered Services and promotes personal choice, respect for diversity, individuality and community inclusiveness.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$187K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2024
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
3 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $626K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 3 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$187K
to officers and key staff · 2% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 2% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
5 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 5.4 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$2.8M
29% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 29% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
6
of 7 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.4M
-19% vs prior year
Spent
$9.1M
To programs
82%
Net assets
$6.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$9.4M
FY2022▼ -19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$10.8M
FY2021$11.6M
FY2022$9.4M
FY2023$6.9M
FY2024$5.2M
Expenses
$9.1M
FY2022▼ -18%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$10.2M
FY2021$11.1M
FY2022$9.1M
FY2023$8.7M
FY2024$7.9M
Net assets
$6.6M
FY2022▼ -2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$6.1M
FY2021$6.8M
FY2022$6.6M
FY2023$5.0M
FY2024$2.4M

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1990.

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Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $7.5M Management & general 18% · $1.6M

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

10 people listed on the 990; $187K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$93,966Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Fiscal Officer
$92,929Pt VII · Sec A
Former Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

David Zellinger Thru July 2024’s $60K as CFO is at the 7th percentile of top reported officer pay among 3868 $1–10M human services nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 5 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Scott Ebner—$90,177$93,966$91,088$94,035
Ruth Wells—$16,294$92,929$72,693$81,681
David Zellinger Thru July 2024$59,740————
David Zellinger—$51,923———
Scott Ebner Thru April 2024$43,685————

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

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3 programs · $7.4M · in their own filed words · FY2022
01

Care management services see schedule o for futher details. Circare is a new york state designated lead health home covering 10 counties in central new york. Health home is the new york state department of health's preferred care coordination model.

$5.5Mprogram expense
02

Assertive community treatment team (act)see schedule o for further details. The assertive community treatment team (act) is a multi-disciplinary team that includes psychiatry, nursing, social work, vocational, substance use rehabilitation and a peer specialist.

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Circare's outpatient behavioral health clinicsee schedule o for further details. Circare's outpatient behavioral health clinic is licensed through the new york state office of mental health and serves individuals 17 1/2 years and older.

$802Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2022 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.4M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$55K
Money outPt IX
$9.1M
Ln 25
Programscol B$7.5M
Managementcol C$1.6M
Owns and owesPt X
$6.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$4.1M
Total assetsLn 16$9.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M
PeoplePt VI, VII
10
listed · VII A
PaidVII A2
Voting boardVI 1a7
IndependentVI 1b6
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.6M
Government grantsLn 1e$4.5M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$55K
Other incomeLn 4–11$767
Total revenueLn 12$9.4M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$484K
SavingsLn 2$3.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$4.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$208K
Other assetsLn 15$647K
Total assetsLn 16$9.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.8M
Net assetsLn 32$6.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5133
VolunteersI 624
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY22End FY22
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.4M$4.1M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$2.1M$1.4M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$350K$208K
Total assetsLn 16$9.1M$9.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.2M$2.8M
Net assetsLn 32$6.8M$6.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$206K$206K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.8M$4.3M$554K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$90K$79K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$940K$836K$104K
Payroll taxesLn 10$464K$401K$63K
Legal feesLn 11b$15K$15K
Accounting feesLn 11c$135K$87K$48K
Investment management feesLn 11f$13K$13K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$461K$179K$282K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$116K$95K$21K
Office expensesLn 13$204K$150K$55K
Information technologyLn 14$510K$414K$96K
OccupancyLn 16$457K$380K$77K
TravelLn 17$76K$76K$203
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$21K$13K$8K
InterestLn 20$31$31
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$146K$105K$41K
InsuranceLn 23$45K$34K$11K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$383K$382K$1K
Total functional expensesLn 25$9.1M$7.5M$1.6M$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest $5.2M$7.9M−$2.7M$2.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $6.9M$8.7M−$1.8M$5.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 Viewing $9.4M$9.1M$264K$6.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $11.6M$11.1M$495K$6.8M 990 PDF
FY2020 $10.8M$10.2M$581K$6.1M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $9,383,079 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,798,616$4,644,927
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $6,652,684$4,682,454
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $104,257$54,931
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $2,629$767
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $11,558,186$9,383,079
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $8,234,479$6,536,946
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,828,562$2,582,482
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $11,063,041$9,119,428
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $495,145$263,651
Part VI · Governance 6 of 7 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body7
VI-1b Independent voting members6
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $9,383,079 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$4,543,209
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$101,718
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,644,927
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,682,454$4,682,454
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $54,931$54,931
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $767$767
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,683,221 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $54,931$9,383,079
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $9,119,428 across 19 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffManagement $205,681$205,681
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $4,283,283 · Management $554,076$4,837,359
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $78,510 · Management $11,552$90,062
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $835,921 · Management $103,589$939,510
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $401,284 · Management $63,050$464,334
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $14,913$14,913
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $87,092 · Management $47,930$135,022
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $13,010$13,010
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $179,082 · Management $282,154$461,236
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $95,270 · Management $20,786$116,056
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $149,591 · Management $54,655$204,246
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $413,900 · Management $95,632$509,532
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $379,814 · Management $76,732$456,546
IX-17 TravelPrograms $76,204 · Management $203$76,407
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $12,522 · Management $8,377$20,899
IX-20 InterestManagement $31$31
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $105,400 · Management $40,756$146,156
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $34,168 · Management $11,143$45,311
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $381,902 · Management $1,215$383,117
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $7,513,943 · Management $1,605,485 · Fundraising $0$9,119,428
Part X · Balance sheet $9,398,354 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $731,779$483,944
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $4,654,179$3,589,699
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $396,256$2,188,237
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $603,095$649,027
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $261,440$273,189
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $350,288$208,025
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $2,059,056$1,358,912
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $0$647,321
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $9,056,093$9,398,354
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $1,033,442$918,315
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $966,868$886,731
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $249,026$950,600
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $2,249,336$2,755,646
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $6,777,918$6,642,708
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $28,839$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $6,806,757$6,642,708
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $9,056,093$9,398,354
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $6,642,708 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,383,079
XI-2 Total expenses$9,119,428
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$263,651
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$6,806,757
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$385,292
XI-9 Other changes in net assets−$42,408
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$6,642,708

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