Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 1979.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
87 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
18 people listed on the 990; $163K paid to officers and key staff.
Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 6 named individuals · Part VII
| Name | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra Gerdes | $111,819 | $112,998 | $109,145 | $102,235 | $100,759 | $105,591 |
| Candi Lemarr | — | $61,939 | $3,600 | — | — | — |
| Paul Jurewicz | — | — | — | — | $54,391 | $57,524 |
| Scott Blum | $28,285 | $24,630 | — | — | — | — |
| Christina Severson | $8,835 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Danial Varley | — | — | — | $975 | — | — |
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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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
Offers housing and support services for adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Oak Street Residential Services
An intermediate care facility for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities. These services are licensed by the minnesota dept of health (icf-dd and supervised living facility) and the minnesota dept of human services (consolidated standards for licensed programs serving people with intellectual and developmental…
Community Services
These services are provided in the northfield area in each person's home. We operate 6 community residental homes which support 3 or 4 people each. We have another 11 clients to whom we provide in-home support in their own homes or apartments. These services are licensed by the MN dept of human services.
Laura Baker School
In 2016, we closed our private school and now lease that space to the cannon valley special education cooperative, the cvsec. Cvsec utilizes this space to provide schooling to children with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
Grants
By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $496K | $1.2M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $400K | $445K |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $4.1M | $3.9M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $5.5M | $5.8M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.5M | $1.2M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $4.0M | $4.6M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $163K | $145K | $13K | $5K |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $3.4M | $3.1M | $282K | $95K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $48K | $18K | $28K | $897 |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $171K | $166K | $5K | |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $261K | $233K | $21K | $6K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $888 | $888 | ||
| Accounting feesLn 11c | $56K | $332 | $56K | $143 |
| Advertising and promotionLn 12 | $17K | $17K | ||
| Office expensesLn 13 | $9K | $366 | $9K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $284K | $280K | $3K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $13K | $13K | ||
| Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19 | $19K | $14K | $4K | $1K |
| InterestLn 20 | $66K | $36K | $30K | |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $316K | $272K | $44K | |
| InsuranceLn 23 | $164K | $125K | $35K | $4K |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $823K | $743K | $69K | $10K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $156K | $114K | $36K | $6K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $6.0M | $5.2M | $632K | $149K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $7.7M | $8.0M | −$312K | $2.8M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $7.1M | $7.6M | −$560K | $3.1M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $6.0M | $7.6M | −$1.6M | $3.7M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $5.7M | $5.9M | −$224K | $5.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $7.1M | $6.2M | $913K | $5.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $6.5M | $6.0M | $510K | $4.6M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,507,428 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,507,428 across 11 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $5,997,399 across 17 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $5,823,798 assets, 15 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $4,580,180 net assets at year end
Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2020 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File
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