Applewood Centers is an innovative not-for-profit agency and a leader in improving the lives of children in ohio. Applewood provides high quality behavioral, healthcare and social services for children, from birth to age 21, and their families.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
88¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 34 volunteers and 329 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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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
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $247K a year · 1% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
88%
of spending
Looks good: 88% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $11.6M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.4 months of spending in cash, plus $11.6M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $10K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$4.1M
12% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 12% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
27
of 28 voting members
Looks good: 27 of 28 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$22.7M
+3% vs prior year
Spent
$23.3M
To programs
88%
Net assets
$29.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$22.7M
FY2025▲ +3%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$18.5M
FY2021$19.4M
FY2022$19.6M
FY2023$21.1M
FY2024$22.1M
FY2025$22.7M
Expenses
$23.3M
FY2025▲ +7%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$19.1M
FY2021$18.5M
FY2022$18.7M
FY2023$20.4M
FY2024$21.8M
FY2025$23.3M
Net assets
$29.7M
FY2025▲ +2%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$23.7M
FY2021$28.1M
FY2022$26.1M
FY2023$27.5M
FY2024$28.9M
FY2025$29.7M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1946.

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Where the money goes

88 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 88% · $20.5M Management & general 11% · $2.5M Fundraising 1% · $274K

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

36 people listed on the 990.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
President (7/1/24 to 1/10/25)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
President (1/11/25 to 6/30/25)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Director of Risk Management and General Counsel
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Information Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Advancement Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Executive Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Human Resources Officer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aNo

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Improves children's lives through behavioral, healthcare, and social services.

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3 programs · $19.7M · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Community Service & Counseling

Counseling & psychiatry services: counseling for children up to age 21 and their families. Counseling is provided by licensed social workers, counselors, psychologists and psychiatrists. It includes individual, family, and group therapy. Services are delivered in homes, schools, community locations and applewood offices.

$10.1Mprogram expense
02

Residential Treatment Services

Residential treatment is offered for adolescents from ages 11 to 18. Partial hospitalization: provides intensive goal focused group treatment for children in grades k-12 who have experienced significant trauma. Through applewood centers two residential programs over 8,644 bed days were provided to approximately 76 clients.

$8.8Mprogram expense
03

Educational Services

Eleanor gerson middle and high school offers an alternative school experience for youths in grades 6-12 who have not been successful in standard educational settings. An average of 47 students were enrolled during the 2024-2025 school year.

$706Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$10K
Grants paid · 6 grants · $2.2M · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$193,008
Unitemized GrantFY2023$296,651
Unitemized GrantFY2022$360,140
Unitemized GrantFY2021$418,346
Unitemized GrantFY2020$400,309
Unitemized GrantFY2019$524,576

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$22.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.1M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$903K
Investment incomeLn 3$647K
Money outPt IX
$23.3M
Ln 25
Programscol B$20.5M
Managementcol C$2.5M
Fundraisingcol D$274K
Owns and owesPt X
$29.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$795K
Total assetsLn 16$33.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.1M
PeoplePt VI, VII
36
listed · VII A
PaidVII A0
Voting boardVI 1a28
IndependentVI 1b27
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$903K
Government grantsLn 1e$642K
Fundraising eventsLn 1c$550
Fees for servicesLn 2g$21.1M
Investment incomeLn 3$647K
Other incomeLn 4–11$101K
Gains on assetsLn 7$0
Total revenueLn 12$22.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$795K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$795K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.0M
Other assetsLn 15$9.0M
Total assetsLn 16$33.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$4.1M
Net assetsLn 32$29.7M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5329
VolunteersI 634
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
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 FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$504K$795K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.5M$11.6M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$8.4M$8.0M
Total assetsLn 16$34.3M$33.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$5.4M$4.1M
Net assetsLn 32$28.9M$29.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$430K$430K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$0$0$0$0
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$11.5M$11.5M$0$0
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$33K$33K$0$0
Other employee benefitsLn 9$1.6M$1.6M$0$0
Payroll taxesLn 10$965K$965K$0$0
Legal feesLn 11b$8K$0$8K$0
Accounting feesLn 11c$108K$0$108K$0
Lobbying feesLn 11d$62K$0$62K$0
Investment management feesLn 11f$78K$0$78K$0
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$665K$661K$2K$2K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$11K$6K$1K$4K
Office expensesLn 13$162K$118K$29K$15K
Information technologyLn 14$742K$723K$19K$0
OccupancyLn 16$1.5M$1.5M$274$0
TravelLn 17$184K$154K$8K$22K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$0$0$0$0
InterestLn 20$70K$0$70K$0
Payments to affiliatesLn 21$0$0$0$0
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$598K$555K$43K$0
InsuranceLn 23$273K$0$273K$0
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$4.1M$2.1M$1.8M$231K
All other expensesLn 24e$89K$88K$1K$0
Total functional expensesLn 25$23.3M$20.5M$2.5M$274K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $22.7M$23.3M−$556K$29.7M 990 PDF
FY2024 $22.1M$21.8M$265K$28.9M 990 PDF
FY2023 $21.1M$20.4M$662K$27.5M 990 PDF
FY2022 $19.6M$18.7M$840K$26.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $19.4M$18.5M$877K$28.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 $18.5M$19.1M−$604K$23.7M 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
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $22,723,624 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $958,660$903,459
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $20,236,705$21,071,966
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $790,519$646,761
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $106,123$101,438
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $22,092,007$22,723,624
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $520,522$430,411
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $13,643,947$14,162,547
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $7,662,516$8,686,595
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $21,826,985$23,279,553
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $265,022−$555,929
Part VI · Governance 27 of 28 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body28
VI-1b Independent voting members27
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $22,723,624 across 11 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $48,228 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1a Federated campaigns$3,866
VIII-1c Fundraising events$550
VIII-1e Government grants$641,771
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$257,272
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$903,459
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$21,071,966
VIII-3 Investment incomeUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $646,761$646,761
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $0 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $0$0
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising eventsUnrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $13,116$13,116
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $11,452 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $28,642$40,094
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $21,131,646 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $688,519$22,723,624
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $23,279,553 across 23 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $430,411$430,411
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $11,534,203 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$11,534,203
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $32,682 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$32,682
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $1,630,233 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$1,630,233
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $965,429 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$965,429
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $0 · Management $7,920 · Fundraising $0$7,920
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $0 · Management $108,386 · Fundraising $0$108,386
IX-11d Lobbying feesPrograms $0 · Management $62,000 · Fundraising $0$62,000
IX-11f Investment management feesPrograms $0 · Management $78,167 · Fundraising $0$78,167
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $661,424 · Management $1,770 · Fundraising $1,625$664,819
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,738 · Management $1,421 · Fundraising $3,746$10,905
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $117,983 · Management $28,610 · Fundraising $15,253$161,846
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $722,905 · Management $18,743 · Fundraising $0$741,648
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $1,521,856 · Management $274 · Fundraising $0$1,522,130
IX-17 TravelPrograms $154,168 · Management $7,977 · Fundraising $22,348$184,493
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-20 InterestPrograms $0 · Management $69,721 · Fundraising $0$69,721
IX-21 Payments to affiliatesPrograms $0 · Management $0 · Fundraising $0$0
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $554,795 · Management $43,405 · Fundraising $0$598,200
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $0 · Management $273,380 · Fundraising $0$273,380
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $2,127,977 · Management $1,754,731 · Fundraising $230,865$4,113,573
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $88,050 · Management $1,357 · Fundraising $0$89,407
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $20,547,854 · Management $2,457,862 · Fundraising $273,837$23,279,553
Part X · Balance sheet $33,732,340 assets, 17 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $504,345$794,959
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $10,659$8,981
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $5,136,683$4,036,048
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $298,716$292,704
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $8,353,700$7,983,466
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $11,547,008$11,581,021
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $8,454,786$9,035,161
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $34,305,897$33,732,340
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $2,982,178$2,181,559
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $48,754$51,130
X-24 Unsecured notes and loans payableStart of year $1,400,000$345,000
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $293,271$242,929
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $5,366,960$4,079,374
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $19,079,952$19,141,123
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $9,858,985$10,511,843
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $28,938,937$29,652,966
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $34,305,897$33,732,340
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $29,652,966 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$22,723,624
XI-2 Total expenses$23,279,553
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$555,929
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$28,938,937
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$638,413
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$631,545
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$29,652,966

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