Bethany Home Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232467038
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Womelsdorf, PA, USA
Phone
6105894501
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Residential Mental Health Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$23,312,721
Expenses
$23,820,769
Assets
$3,224,909
Liabilities
$7,488,496

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH BIRLI (CEO)
  • NICHOLAS HILL (DEPUTY CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOSEPH BIRLI (CEO): $278,687 total reported compensation
  • NICHOLAS HILL (DEPUTY CEO): $237,111 total reported compensation
  • JOSEPH CHARETTE (VP PROGRAMS & OPERATIONS): $168,359 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Bethany home, inc. Operates a twenty-four hour residential care facility for youth in womelsdorf. Bethany springs, is a single member limited liability company with bethany home, inc. As its sole member, with all financial activity included with bethany home, inc. Bethany home is a related entity to bethany children's home, inc. As a result of their financial interrelationship and common management.

What it reported doing in 2024

Bethany home operates a 24-hour residential care facility for dependent and neglected youth on the 100+ acre campus in rural womelsdorf, pa. The land and buildings are owned and operated by bethany children's home inc., a related entity, and rented to bethany home. This campus served approximately 15 youth daily in a long-term residential program, 11 youth daily in an on campus intensive residential program, 1 youth daily in a short-term residential program, 12 youth daily in an on-campus residential independent living program, 5 youth daily in transitional living program, 1 youth daily in residential supervised independent living program, and 6 youth daily in a 24-hour emergency care shelter. See continuation on schedule o.revenues are received by placing county agencies; however, reimbursement is only a percentage of the actual cost of providing these services. In order to cover the funding shortfall, bethany children's home provided a grant to bethany home in the amount of $3,263,249 at fiscal year-end 6/30/2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 18
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.4%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 96.3%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: -2.2%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.32; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.4% of revenue deployed · 96.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $22.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $279K · 13 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.