Adult & Child Health

Legal name: Adult & Child Health Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351534713
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Indianapolis, IN, US
Phone
317-882-5122
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Mental Health Center

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,595,001
Expenses
$59,316,481
Assets
$28,630,378
Liabilities
$13,578,037

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CJ DAVIS (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
  • MICHAEL SCHWEND (PRESIDENT AND CEO - PFH)
  • CHRISTINE NEGENDANK (PRESIDENT, INDIANA REGION)
  • DENISE AMATO (VICE PRESIDENT, HR)
  • LAURAN CANADY (VICE PRESIDENT, CHC PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION)

Highest reported compensation

  • CJ DAVIS (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $1,276,961 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL SCHWEND (PRESIDENT AND CEO - PFH): $1,017,877 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER GAGNON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $622,275 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide comprehensive behavioral health services that improve the well-being of individuals and families in the communities we serve.

What it reported doing in 2024

The organization is a licensed community health center, certified federally qualified health center look alike and a licensed child placement agency with the purpose of health and wellness by establishing, maintaining and promoting a community organization that provides high quality health care and social services to an underserved population. The services provided by the organization include primary care, psychiatric care, therapeutic care, school based services, supportive housing, supportive employment, therapeutic foster care, and addictive disease services. The organization accepts patients regardless of their individual ability to pay, their race, age, sex, creed, or national origin.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 92% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.2%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.48; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.5%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 7 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 78.2% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 27 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $510K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 22 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.