Fellowship Square
Legal name: Christian Care Tucson Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860962052
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6023851592
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Senior Citizens' Housing/Retirement Communities
- Affiliation
- Christianity
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,975,634
- Expenses
- $15,184,667
- Assets
- $27,641,752
- Liabilities
- $34,347,499
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALAN HIEB (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- ALAN HIEB (PRESIDENT/CEO): $615,586 total reported compensation
- EDWARD JOHNSON (CHF HUMAN RESOURCE OFFICER/CCO): $311,410 total reported compensation
- GEORGE ORTEGA (VP OF OPERATIONS): $272,244 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Founded in 1979 as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization (Christian Care) to minister to Arizona seniors—particularly those with limited financial resources—by providing affordable senior living and care. Across Arizona, each Fellowship Square community offers a balance of comfort, connection, and support. As nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations, our mission drives every decision we make — reinvesting in programs, services, and experiences that support residents’ wellbeing. Each Fellowship Square community offers: |. Our communities in Cottonwood, Historic Mesa, Mesa, Phoenix, Surprise, and Tucson each bring their own personality and offer varying levels of care, services, and amenities. However, they all share the same commitment to our Mission: _Through Christian love and excellence, we are dedicated to_ _**providing a fulfilling lifestyle and promoting independence to**_ _**those we...
What it reported doing in 2024
Christian care tucson, inc. Dba fellowship square tucson provides quality, responsive, affordable senior housing and hospitality services. Fellowship square consists of 611 independent and assisted living apartment homes, consisting of studio, 1-bedroom, and 2-bedroom suites, in 22 buildings and situated on 19 acres of professionally landscaped grounds. Fifty-six (56) of the 611 units are licensed for assisted living and 555 are independent living. We also maintain 20% or 123 units for low-income seniors. Our residents enjoy at least 15 lunch/dinner and 15 breakfast meals per month, semi-monthly housekeeping, 24-hour security, and private bus transportation to grocery and other shopping, medical appointments, restaurants and other venues around town. Fellowship square has fitness (cont'd on sch o) centers in each villa and a wellness program with three personal trainers. We have a fully equipped computer lab and stocked library. Fellowship square has an activity program with a variety of events on campus and enriching activities off-campus to provide residents with fellowship and fun! Founded in 1979, the christian care companies began with 96 units of subsidized housing and a 60-bed nursing center on the phoenix campus. The nursing center cornerstone quotes psalm 71:9, cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth. The organization is one of 17 related tax exempt christian care companies (the names of the other 16 are listed on schedule r) who provide housing, hospitality and healthcare services for very-low-to-middle income Arizona seniors. 16 of the christian care companies were founded by the nondenominational christian churches of Arizona and are governed by corporate boards of directors. Christian care management has controlling interest in the 17th related tax exempt entity, home health care, inc. Dba covenant home health, which provides home health services to seniors and others who need skilled medical care within the comfort and privacy of their own homes. At december 31, 2024, the christian care companies own and operate 1,990 units of middle-income, market-rate independent, assisted, and memory care units for seniors on six campuses, 338 units of subsidized housing, and a 20-bed rehabilation center. In addition, we provide assisted living services to up to 107 residents of our subsidized housing. Benefits of being part of a christian care community typically include shared housekeeping; maintenance and security services, including call button monitoring; access to private scheduled transportation; and computer labs with high-speed internet. Residents typically have entree to on-campus food service venues, entertaining activity programs, health & wellness opportunities and chaplaincy services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 79
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.5%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $134.7 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 87; 87th 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 21st 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: 5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.24; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 76.5% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $616K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.9M reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 19 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.