Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1975.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
97 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.
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
25 people listed on the 990-T; $797K paid to officers and key staff.
Lori Alvarado’s $220K as Chief Executive Officer is at the 35th percentile of top reported officer pay among 746 $10–100M mental health 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 · 8 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lori Alvarado | $219,504 | $219,898 | $203,337 | $197,430 | $199,012 | $170,000 |
| Kerye Jackson | $175,713 | $155,632 | $145,241 | $142,339 | $141,512 | $129,263 |
| Jeanette Owens | $139,697 | $133,265 | $118,311 | $112,507 | $112,759 | $106,915 |
| Kelly Garcia | $129,891 | $111,669 | $100,831 | $99,135 | $97,741 | — |
| Chrissy Mayer | $124,096 | $108,284 | $90,191 | $84,812 | $79,171 | — |
| Kulea Evans | $123,130 | $106,150 | $15,824 | — | — | — |
| Russell Harding | $116,403 | $109,924 | $50,327 | — | — | — |
| Sandra Dixon | — | — | $28,197 | $113,889 | $114,990 | $107,406 |
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.
See Dccca INC executive salaries →Questions the 990 asks
The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.
- Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Improves health, safety, and well-being through behavioral health, foster care, and traffic safety services.
Questions for Dccca INC
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Child placing agency (cpa) specialists recruit, train, license, and provide ongoing support to foster and adoptive families across kansas and missouri. Dccca staff provide a broad range of support to foster adoptive families 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Dccca has provided child placing agency services since 2001.
Dccca's community-based initiatives span four states. Prevention services programs design and develop learning modules and training resources focused on substance abuse prevention, mental health promotion, suicide prevention, and problem gambling prevention.
Dccca behavioral health has been providing treatment services in kansas for almost 50 years, starting in douglas county in 1974 and expanding to cover other areas of the state. During the fiscal year, dccca's substance use disorder treatment programs served 2,196 individuals, while 62 children received care from our licensed childcare…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
Federal money
Plus 18 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 14 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 18 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
Plus 20 smaller programs.
The auditor reported no findings.
By the numbers
The FY2023 990-T, line by line.
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Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 LatestFiled with the IRS Dec 17, 2025 | $40.7M | $41.2M | −$590K | $65.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024Filed with the IRS Dec 19, 2024 | $43.0M | $40.1M | $2.8M | $61.9M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 Viewing | $36.1M | $36.1M | $16K | $56.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022Filed with the IRS Jan 18, 2023 | $31.8M | $30.7M | $1.1M | $53.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021Filed with the IRS Feb 4, 2022 | $30.2M | $27.6M | $2.6M | $62.4M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020Filed with the IRS Apr 6, 2021 | $24.7M | $23.7M | $1.1M | $51.9M | 990 PDF |
Schedules filed Part IV
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2023 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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