Impacting the lives of children, youth and families by offering innovative, trauma sensitive programs rooted in faith to inspire positive change.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$533K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · 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
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IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
4 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $388K a year · 2% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 4 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$533K
to officers and key staff · 4% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 4% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
4 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $11.7M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Looks good: 3.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $103K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$2.6M
9% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 9% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
10
of 10 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$13.1M
Spent
$12.5M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$25.1M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$13.1M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$13.1M
FY2021$12.9M
FY2022$16.0M
FY2023$13.7M
FY2024$14.6M
FY2025$55.3M
Expenses
$12.5M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$12.5M
FY2021$12.3M
FY2022$12.0M
FY2023$12.8M
FY2024$16.9M
FY2025$56.8M
Net assets
$25.1M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$25.1M
FY2021$30.6M
FY2022$28.1M
FY2023$29.7M
FY2024$28.0M
FY2025$26.8M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $9.3M Management & general 21% · $2.7M Fundraising 4% · $475K

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

16 people listed on the 990; $533K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
$141,619Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Progra
$112,400Pt VII · Sec A
$106,415Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Adv. O
$93,694Pt VII · Sec A
VP of KS Fc
$78,783Pt VII · Sec A
Director
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Ex-Officio
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Nickaila Sandate’s $197K as CEO is at the 43rd percentile of top reported officer pay among 3122 $10–100M human services 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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Nickaila Sandate$196,881$166,628$160,600$152,871$152,469$141,619
Lori Gonzales$142,328$145,528$123,090$117,300$119,112$112,400
Marty Kramer$129,294$99,814$82,438———
Lance Murnan$125,462$94,663$60,557———
Susan Kensill————$38,874$106,415
Lisa Capps———$86,981$100,126$93,694
Brenda Watkins$75,066$85,329$73,864$18,212——
Rebecca Tozier——$28,737$84,235——

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

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3 programs · $9.3M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Emberhope operates a foster care program and serves as a child placing agency (cpa) with 197 licensed foster homes who serve as substitute caregivers for children across the state. Emberhope's foster care program is one of the largest and oldest in the sate of kansas.

$6.2Mprogram expense
02

Emberhope operates residential treatment facilities in newton, KS which provide day-to-day care, therapy, services and education for children who need time away to address primarily psychiatric behavioral issues and remove barriers in their lives.

$2.7Mprogram expense
03

Clinical Services

Outpatient therapy & treatment

$397Kprogram 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 · FY2025
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$103K
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By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$13.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.7M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Other incomeLn 4–11$463K
Money outPt IX
$12.5M
Ln 25
Programscol B$9.3M
Managementcol C$2.7M
Fundraisingcol D$475K
Owns and owesPt X
$25.1M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$3.6M
Total assetsLn 16$27.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M
PeoplePt VI, VII
16
listed · VII A
PaidVII A5
Voting boardVI 1a10
IndependentVI 1b10
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$1.7M
Government grantsLn 1e$395K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$333K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$10.7M
Investment incomeLn 3$306K
Other incomeLn 4–11$463K
Gains on assetsLn 7$17K
Total revenueLn 12$13.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$3.1M
SavingsLn 2$486K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$3.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.9M
Other assetsLn 15$9.8M
Total assetsLn 16$27.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.6M
Net assetsLn 32$25.1M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 5848
VolunteersI 6112
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 FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M$3.6M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$11.1M$11.7M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$1.4M$1.9M
Total assetsLn 16$26.9M$27.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.7M$2.6M
Net assetsLn 32$25.2M$25.1M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$561K$92K$368K$101K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.4M$3.3M$930K$166K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$836K$576K$213K$46K
Payroll taxesLn 10$357K$244K$94K$19K
Investment management feesLn 11f$55K$55K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$18K$849$17K
Information technologyLn 14$103K$103K
OccupancyLn 16$300K$197K$103K
TravelLn 17$139K$82K$46K$11K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$37K$15K$18K$3K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$203K$93K$110K$82
InsuranceLn 23$248K$35K$213K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$5.0M$4.7M$222K$113K
All other expensesLn 24e$232K$32K$184K$15K
Total functional expensesLn 25$12.5M$9.3M$2.7M$475K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $55.3M$56.8M−$1.5M$26.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $14.6M$16.9M−$2.4M$28.0M 990 PDF
FY2023 $13.7M$12.8M$848K$29.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $16.0M$12.0M$4.1M$28.1M 990 PDF
FY2021 $12.9M$12.3M$659K$30.6M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $13.1M$12.5M$648K$25.1M 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 M · Noncash O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $13,138,282 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $1,845,513$1,711,237
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $10,651,858$10,657,824
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $2,094,097$306,252
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $512,297$462,969
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $15,103,765$13,138,282
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $5,720,806$6,122,781
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $6,478,006$6,367,582
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $12,198,812$12,490,363
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $2,904,953$647,919
Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10
VI-1b Independent voting members10
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
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $13,138,282 across 11 lines filed
VIII-1e Government grants$394,684
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,316,553
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$333,128
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$1,711,237
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $10,657,824$10,657,824
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $289,625$289,625
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $9,398$9,398
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossExcluded from tax $45,127$45,127
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $16,627$16,627
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $408,444$408,444
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $11,082,895 · Excluded from tax $344,150$13,138,282
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $12,490,363 across 14 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $92,099 · Management $367,833 · Fundraising $101,000$560,932
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,273,613 · Management $929,506 · Fundraising $165,914$4,369,033
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $576,154 · Management $213,384 · Fundraising $46,114$835,652
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $244,199 · Management $93,558 · Fundraising $19,407$357,164
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $55,080$55,080
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $849 · Management $16,721$17,570
IX-14 Information technologyManagement $102,591$102,591
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $197,271 · Management $102,638$299,909
IX-17 TravelPrograms $81,974 · Management $45,727 · Fundraising $11,198$138,899
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $15,299 · Management $18,220 · Fundraising $3,213$36,732
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $93,296 · Management $109,572 · Fundraising $82$202,950
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $34,641 · Management $213,235$247,876
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $4,698,336 · Management $222,482 · Fundraising $113,204$5,034,022
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $32,274 · Management $184,394 · Fundraising $15,285$231,953
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $9,340,005 · Management $2,674,941 · Fundraising $475,417$12,490,363
Part X · Balance sheet $27,683,509 assets, 18 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $1,630,502$3,109,027
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $1,199,230$486,414
X-3 Pledges and grants receivable$156,949
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $1,350,123$538,452
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $36,885$14,422
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $1,403,598$1,853,360
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $10,783,257$11,407,210
X-12 Other securitiesStart of year $320,000$320,000
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $10,149,604$9,797,675
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $26,873,199$27,683,509
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $704,796$658,617
X-19 Deferred revenue$1,375
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $168,751$174,498
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,695,069$2,561,059
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $14,519,986$15,001,867
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $10,658,144$10,120,583
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $25,178,130$25,122,450
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $26,873,199$27,683,509
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $25,122,450 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$13,138,282
XI-2 Total expenses$12,490,363
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$647,919
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$25,178,130
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$696,672
XI-8 Prior period adjustments−$6,927
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$25,122,450

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