Eastway Behavioral Healthcare

Legal name: Eastway Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310626223
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2021
Location
Dayton, OH, United States
Phone
1 (937) 396-2535
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,353,076
Expenses
$29,311,268
Assets
$19,887,539
Liabilities
$9,604,722

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN STRAHM (PRESIDENT/CEO)
  • LAURA FERRELL LSW (PRESIDENT CEO OF SLS)
  • TERRY RAY JONES (VICE PRESIDENT OF MIDWEST)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN STRAHM (PRESIDENT/CEO): $287,831 total reported compensation
  • DR JEANNINE SHEPPARD (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $267,687 total reported compensation
  • MARIELLA TOCA (PSYCHIATRIST): $264,630 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Eastway Behavioral Healthcare is dedicated to providing comprehensive mental health and addiction treatment, meeting the needs of individuals from primary care to all aspects of behavioral healthcare, and collaborating with partners to enhance community well-being.

What it reported doing in 2024

Heritage of hannah neil - provides residential and day treatment, outpatient care, in-home counseling, and educational services for children who've experienced trauma, as well as extensive and ongoing support for their families.webster academy serves students ages twelve to seventeen who have received a mental health diagnosis and are "at risk" of being suspended or expelled from school. Every student receives an individualized program balancing therapeutic and educational services with the ultimate goal of successfully reintegrating the student into the home school district.northcutt residential program is a twenty-four bed treatment center serving elementary aged boys who are victims of trauma including physical, sexual and emotional abuse. Services at the center include therapy sessions, psychiatric and nursing services, education services, healthcare, a life skills program, and mental health support.forensic services serves fifteen counties in the regional area by providing court ordered psychological assessment and case-specific opinions regarding mental health and legal issues.vocational rehabilitation services provides supported employment to help individuals with severe and persistent mental illness to find integrated community employment through vocational training, resume development, mock interviews, and career clothing programs. Thevocational rehabilitation services also provide vocational training, rehabilitation and placement and support services for clients with special needs through eastco enterprises. Eastco enterprises offers business solutions to public and private organization throughout the miami valley and Ohio including document management and destruction, cleaning and janitorial, grounds maintenance, packaging and assembly and vending.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $145.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

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: 0.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $24.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $288K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $455K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 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: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.