Everstand

Legal name: Board of Child Care of the United Methodist Church Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520591554
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Baltimore, MD, United States
Phone
4109222100
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Children's, Youth Services
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$79,274,016
Expenses
$84,681,702
Assets
$109,926,203
Liabilities
$11,611,674

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAURIE ANNE SPAGNOLA (PRESIDENT & CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LAURIE ANNE SPAGNOLA (PRESIDENT & CEO): $456,011 total reported compensation
  • TYRONE FILLYAW (MEDICAL DIR.(UNTIL 03/25)): $242,396 total reported compensation
  • MARTIN LESPADA (CFO): $210,514 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Everstand equips youth and families with vital tools that build resiliency for life’s greatest challenges, as described on its About/overview page. Comprehensive, holistic support strengthens the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of youth and families in our care. These vital resources are delivered through integrated programs or standalone, outpatient-style clinics ensuring flexibility and accessibility for all. [](. Openness and honesty with all stakeholders make for both the best program outcomes and team culture. Inclusive practices are the building blocks for trust. We create space for conversations that grow transparency about our decisions, promises, and understanding of one another. Listen and respond with _EMPATHY_ Empathy will guide our programming and culture at all levels. A supportive work and program environment means valuing the voices of all people, ensuring...

What it reported doing in 2024

Educational services - alternative learning program (martinsburg, wv) reduces recidivism rates by providing fullday educational and therapeutic services for middle and high school students (males and females). Early learning program (Washington, dc) - located in se Washington, d.c., the program provides quality childcare focused on the social emotional and cognitive development of young children ages 6 weeks to 5 years. This program serves a diverse population from different socioeconomic backgrounds. Strawbridge school (baltimore, md) - a non-public special and regular education school serving pre-school through age 21 in a therapeutic environment. The school specializes in serving youth whose needs require a smaller classroom environment and deeper engagement by the educational team. The school commonly sees students diagnosed with autism, as well other learning, health, emotional, and behavioral disabilities. Mental health - licensed clinical therapists and child psychiatrists provide mental health services throughout everstand's program continuum (e.g. Strawbridge school has clinicians, md residential programs have clinicians). Outpatient mental health clinic (pasadena, md) - individual and group sessions provided for youth ages 3 to 18 and their families. Focused on serving families on medicaid. Residential services campuses & provide engaging experiences for youth within a safe, structured setting. A multi-disciplinary team comprised of medical, clinical, recreational, spiritual, and program staff design and implement a comprehensive, customized treatment plan for each child in care. Locations in baltimore, md, denton, md, and mechanicsburg, pa. Community group homes keep residents integrated into the community and allow them to attend public school while also acquiring independent living and job training skills. There are four homes in Maryland and two in mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Community based services wrap around program (martinsburg, wv) provides a comprehensive, holistic, youth and family driven way of responding when children or youth experience serious mental health or behavioral challenges. Growth and expansion - on january 1, 2019, everstand officially merged with the united methodist home for children (umhc), located in mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Umhc and bcc share history rooted in faith and driven by a passion for serving children and families. Combining the two organizations together enables us to grow and expand our mission throughout the mid-atlantic, & learn best practices from one another, and ultimately impact more lives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 assets have declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 36
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.8%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $84.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • 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; 77th 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; 77th 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: -6.8%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.9%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $76M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $456K · 31 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.7M reported
  • Consistency: 38 of 38 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: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 10 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.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.