Is it real?
Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Jun 1970.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File
Where the money goes
91 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
31 people listed on the 990; $901K paid to officers and key staff.
Jeff Ashcraft’s $252K as President/Ce is at the 47th 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff Ashcraft | $252,414 | $235,483 | $227,989 | $221,371 | $219,062 | $226,455 |
| Casey Mbakwe | $155,705 | $124,237 | $121,428 | $117,558 | — | $104,972 |
| Shelley Nordeen | $147,179 | $119,864 | $114,431 | — | — | — |
| Ken Kerker | — | $140,145 | $121,490 | $113,429 | $112,271 | $110,087 |
| Loretha Boyce | $122,727 | $133,941 | — | $118,338 | $125,572 | $112,891 |
| Scott Bitting | $133,670 | $128,961 | $119,362 | $115,504 | $114,162 | $111,728 |
| Carol Foster | $87,502 | $133,233 | $126,159 | $122,519 | $120,568 | $118,019 |
| Jessica Johannes | $125,582 | — | — | — | — | — |
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 2Yes
- Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes
Programs and updates
Provides programs and assistance for people with physical and intellectual disabilities.
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Community residential services enable individuals with intellectual disabilities to achieve a more satisfactory quality of life and live as independently as possible within the community by providing instruction and training in daily living skills, personal and financial management, and other self sufficiency SKILLS.NUMBER of individuals…
The residential center, a licensed intermediate care facility for the intellectually disabled (ICF/ID), provides intensive, therapeutic services to individuals with severe and multiple DISABILITIES.NUMBER of individuals served: 60
Employment services assist individuals with disabilities to achieve employment outcomes in a sheltered environment or in the community by providing vocational rehabilitation and TRAINING.NUMBER of individuals served: 199 HDC enterprises is a work environment designed to provide individuals with disabilities an opportunity to have a job…
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Who pays for it.
From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.
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By the numbers
The FY2020 990, line by line.
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| Line | Start FY20 | End FY20 |
|---|---|---|
| Cash and savingsLn 1–2 | $8.8M | $13.8M |
| InvestmentsLn 11–13 | $9.2M | $9.8M |
| Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c | $4.6M | $4.5M |
| Total assetsLn 16 | $25.5M | $30.2M |
| LiabilitiesLn 26 | $1.7M | $4.4M |
| Net assetsLn 32 | $23.8M | $25.8M |
| Line | Total | Programs | Management | Fundraising |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5 | $1.0M | $365K | $637K | |
| Other salaries and wagesLn 7 | $11.5M | $11.0M | $390K | $100K |
| Pension plan contributionsLn 8 | $496K | $479K | $13K | $3K |
| Other employee benefitsLn 9 | $1.0M | $972K | $27K | $10K |
| Payroll taxesLn 10 | $1.1M | $1.0M | $75K | $6K |
| Legal feesLn 11b | $20K | $20K | ||
| Investment management feesLn 11f | $61K | $61K | ||
| Other fees for servicesLn 11g | $440K | $391K | $49K | |
| OccupancyLn 16 | $513K | $498K | $14K | |
| TravelLn 17 | $275K | $268K | $6K | $648 |
| Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22 | $517K | $443K | $73K | |
| Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24 | $731K | $646K | $76K | $8K |
| All other expensesLn 24e | $8K | −$7K | $14K | $1K |
| Total functional expensesLn 25 | $17.7M | $16.1M | $1.4M | $191K |
Filing history
| Year | Money in | Money out | In minus out | Net assets | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 Latest | $23.3M | $21.9M | $1.3M | $40.6M | 990 PDF |
| FY2024 | $22.2M | $20.8M | $1.5M | $38.3M | 990 PDF |
| FY2023 | $21.7M | $20.0M | $1.7M | $35.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2022 | $21.8M | $19.9M | $1.9M | $32.2M | 990 PDF |
| FY2021 | $23.6M | $18.3M | $5.3M | $33.5M | 990 PDF |
| FY2020 Viewing | $19.8M | $17.7M | $2.1M | $25.8M | 990 PDF |
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Schedules filed Part IV
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $19,778,125 revenue, 12 lines filed
Part VI · Governance 24 of 24 board members independent, 1 to look at
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $19,778,125 across 8 lines filed
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $17,693,712 across 13 lines filed
Part X · Balance sheet $30,245,367 assets, 16 lines filed
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $25,846,689 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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