Arden Wood

Legal name: Arden Wood Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237334055
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, United States
Phone
(415) 681-5500
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nursing Services (General)
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,335,864
Expenses
$9,654,167
Assets
$24,302,216
Liabilities
$941,073

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN W OSTLER (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHERINE AGNEW (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN W MITCHELL III (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN W MITCHELL III (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO): $246,785 total reported compensation
  • FRANKLIN HARRIS (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS AND HR): $211,228 total reported compensation
  • AMY SPARKMAN (DIR. OF COMMUNICATIONS AND PLANNING): $189,639 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mission is to support healing through skillful Christian Science nursing care and training, inspired living, and Christly service.

What it reported doing in 2024

Christian science nurse training program: since our founding in 1930, arden wood has actively trained christian science nurses for our facility as well as other christian science facilities and for those serving as private duty cs nurses. Arden wood instructs its trainees in the christian science nursing arts-an entensive, three-year, four-part course curriculum of the highest quality-in partnership with the chestnut hill benevolent association which includes thorough classroom instruction (one course taught at arden wood) and on-the-job mentoring. On both campuses training provides in-depth study of the principles, ethics and practical skills nescessary to ensure excellent professional christian science nursing care. Trainees are salaried and receive full employment benefits. Rest & study: arden wood offers an ideal environment for spiritual refreshment, inspiration and healing for students of christian science. Private guest rooms with modern amenities are available for overnight stays. Delicious meals are available for purchase in our dining room. Bible research library is available 24/7.medicare settlements

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 73
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.9%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 69.3%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $14.77 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 27.6%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.52; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 52.9% of revenue deployed · 69.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $247K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.8M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.