American Network of Community Options and Resources
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 520846389
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7035357850
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,283,963
- Expenses
- $5,805,448
- Assets
- $7,893,445
- Liabilities
- $2,186,333
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LORI KRESS (PRESIDENT)
- CHAD VONAHNEN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- HEIDI MANSIR (PAST PRESIDENT)
- BARBARA E MERRILL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- BARBARA E MERRILL (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $503,879 total reported compensation
- GABRIELLE SEDOR (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $217,641 total reported compensation
- SEAN LUECHTEFELD (VP MEMBERSHIP & COMMUNICATIONS): $205,512 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ancor's core purpose is to advance the future of supports and services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.we are an association of community-based providers relentlessly advocating for person-centered outcomes for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. As the trusted conduit of resources for providers, policymakers and the public, ancor enhances providers' ability to support individuals with i/dd to be fully included and empowered in their communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Publications: ancor offers its members and other advocates a wide array of publications, both in the form of signature research and recurring periodicals. Each week, members receive capitol correspondence, a weekly roundup of information about our federal policy priorities; stateside report, a weekly digest of policy developments in the states; and the weekly update, a roundup of upcoming events, opportunities and more. On a monthly basis, ancor releases connections, a newsletter that includes content authored by ancor staff, members, and partners; and industry insights, which offers information about industry trends related to managed care, mergers and acquisitions, and more. On the research front, ancor published the case for inclusion 2025 policy blueprint. Ancor also published the state of america's direct support workforce crisis 2025. Ancor also published recognizing excellence 2025, which profiles the 54 recipients of the association's 2025 dsp of the year awards.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 96% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 80
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $504K · 24 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $249K reported
- Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.