Aunt Martha's Health & Wellness

Legal name: Aunt Martha's Health and Wellness Inc

Overview

Mission

To increase access to health and wellness services to everyone in the 565 communities we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ccbys - the comprehensive community based youth services (ccbys) program serves youth ages 11-17 that are at risk of involvement in the child welfare and/or juvenile justice system, with the overarching goal of family reunification and/or stabilization. Ccbys is authorized by the children and family services act, and implements article 3 of the Illinois juvenile court act of 1987. A continuum of services are available and provided to youth in high-risk situations and to their families when appropiate, according to their needs, in keeping with the goal of family preservation, reunification and/or family stabilization, or independence, dependent upon the youths needs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 87% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237188150
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Olympia Fields, IL, US
Phone
(877) 692-8686
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $347.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.5%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 12 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 80.7% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $52.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $792K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3.4M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • RAUL GARZA (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $792,229 total reported compensation
  • CHARLES K BARRON (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $577,708 total reported compensation
  • AUDREY ANEWISHKI PENNINGTON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $504,443 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.