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501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
69¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 10 volunteers and 10 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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FY2024 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
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
FY2024
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2024, 2 tax years back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $117K a year · 7% of revenue · last 5 filings
Concern: a surplus in 2 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
69%
of spending
Fine: 69% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$492K
to officers and key staff · 22% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 22% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Worth a look: 0.9 months of spending in cash; under 1.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
1
named funder · $20K
Fine: 1 funder names it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$500K
60% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 60% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
14
of 14 voting members
Looks good: 14 of 14 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
Looks goodFineWorth a lookConcernNo data yetTap a box for the reason.
Revenue
$1.6M
-32% vs prior year
Spent
$2.2M
To programs
69%
Net assets
$337K
By yearFY2020–FY2024
Revenue
$1.6M
FY2024▼ -32%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$1.6M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.4M
FY2023$2.4M
FY2024$1.6M
Expenses
$2.2M
FY2024▲ +5%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$1.7M
FY2021$1.7M
FY2022$1.7M
FY2023$2.1M
FY2024$2.2M
Net assets
$337K
FY2024▼ -63%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$438K
FY2021$459K
FY2022$362K
FY2023$912K
FY2024$337K

From the FY2024 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Apr 2016.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

69 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 69% · $1.5M Management & general 22% · $484K Fundraising 9% · $198K

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; $492K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$197,890Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Learning Officer
$154,034Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Financial Officer
$140,106Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Susan Frasier Ryan’s $198K as President & CEO is at the 87th percentile of top reported officer pay among 2036 $1–10M housing 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

NameFY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Susan Frasier Ryan$197,890—$184,807$186,020—
Susan Ryan—$192,643———
Susan Frazier Ryan————$190,645
Marla Hiemstra Devries$154,034$151,713$148,241$143,364$145,969
Deborah Wiegand———$145,331$145,203
Colleen Kammar$140,106$139,907$114,199$83,025$90,759
Claire Lucas———$120,350$116,907
Carol Dumond Stryker————$107,954

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 15aNo

Programs and updates

Supports sustainable, quality, person-directed care environments through education, technical assistance, advocacy, and research for empowered staff and engaged families.

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1 program · $1.5M · in their own filed words · FY2024
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Through the provision of resources that include education, technical assistance, peer network support, advocacy, research data, and a small home care model, we support the expansion of financially sustainable care environments that provide quality, person directed care, lead by an empowered staff, where those to whom their care has been…

$1.5Mprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 1 funder$20K

By the numbers

The FY2024 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.6M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12K
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Money outPt IX
$2.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$1.5M
Managementcol C$484K
Fundraisingcol D$198K
Owns and owesPt X
$337K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$174K
Total assetsLn 16$838K
LiabilitiesLn 26$500K
PeoplePt VI, VII
18
listed · VII A
PaidVII A3
Voting boardVI 1a14
IndependentVI 1b14
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$12K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$1.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$15
Other incomeLn 4–11$2K
Total revenueLn 12$1.6M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$124K
SavingsLn 2$50K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$174K
Accounts receivableLn 4$134K
Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$41K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$20K
Intangible assetsLn 14$380K
Other assetsLn 15$89K
Total assetsLn 16$838K
LiabilitiesLn 26$500K
Net assetsLn 32$337K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 510
VolunteersI 610
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 FY24End FY24
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$557K$174K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$31K$20K
Total assetsLn 16$1.4M$838K
LiabilitiesLn 26$530K$500K
Net assetsLn 32$912K$337K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$378K$268K$88K$21K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$687K$566K$111K$9K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$25K$21K$3K$36
Payroll taxesLn 10$75K$59K$14K$2K
Legal feesLn 11b$7K$7K$725
Accounting feesLn 11c$17K$17K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$485K$145K$198K$142K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$5K$5K
Office expensesLn 13$13K$11K$2K$396
Information technologyLn 14$51K$42K$8K$990
OccupancyLn 16$58K$34K$20K$4K
TravelLn 17$83K$63K$4K$17K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$74K$73K$1K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$10K$8K$2K$510
InsuranceLn 23$11K$5K$5K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$229K$224K$5K
All other expensesLn 24e$4K$4K
Total functional expensesLn 25$2.2M$1.5M$484K$198K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2024 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 14, 2025 $1.6M$2.2M−$574K$337K 990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 14, 2024 $2.4M$2.1M$324K$912K 990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2023 $1.4M$1.7M−$264K$362K 990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2022 $1.7M$1.7M$21K$459K 990 PDF
FY2020Filed with the IRS Nov 15, 2021 $1.6M$1.7M−$91K$438K 990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
See the full FY2024 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,637,394 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $620,500$11,500
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $1,783,834$1,624,005
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $16,960$15
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $1,208$1,874
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $2,422,502$1,637,394
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 $1,176,042$1,163,794
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $922,846$1,048,071
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $2,098,888$2,211,865
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $323,614−$574,471
Part VI · Governance 14 of 14 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body14
VI-1b Independent voting members14
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payNo
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
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,637,394 across 6 lines filed
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$11,500
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$11,500
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $1,624,005$1,624,005
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $15$15
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,874$1,874
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $1,625,879 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $15$1,637,394
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $2,211,865 across 17 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $268,277 · Management $88,443 · Fundraising $21,173$377,893
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $565,828 · Management $111,345 · Fundraising $9,427$686,600
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $21,032 · Management $3,452 · Fundraising $36$24,520
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $58,721 · Management $13,956 · Fundraising $2,104$74,781
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $6,523 · Management $725$7,248
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $17,063$17,063
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $144,850 · Management $197,590 · Fundraising $142,242$484,682
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $4,978$4,978
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $10,594 · Management $1,564 · Fundraising $396$12,554
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $41,972 · Management $8,424 · Fundraising $990$51,386
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $34,198 · Management $19,805 · Fundraising $3,741$57,744
IX-17 TravelPrograms $62,521 · Management $4,168 · Fundraising $16,672$83,361
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $72,588 · Management $1,000$73,588
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,159 · Management $1,530 · Fundraising $510$10,199
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $5,107 · Management $5,107 · Fundraising $1,135$11,349
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $224,294 · Management $5,148$229,442
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $4,477$4,477
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $1,529,642 · Management $483,797 · Fundraising $198,426$2,211,865
Part X · Balance sheet $837,774 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $546,505$124,098
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $10,985$49,660
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $101,589$133,504
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $33,590$40,743
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $30,597$20,398
X-14 Intangible assetsStart of year $380,000$380,000
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $138,525$89,371
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,441,791$837,774
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $135,721$149,375
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $255,766$261,720
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $138,525$89,371
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $530,012$500,466
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $911,779$337,308
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $911,779$337,308
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,441,791$837,774
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $337,308 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,637,394
XI-2 Total expenses$2,211,865
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$574,471
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$911,779
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$337,308

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