Endeavors Adult Development Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
391101553
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Balsam Lake, WI, USA
Phone
7154858770
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,189,009
Expenses
$1,414,229
Assets
$1,154,234
Liabilities
$219,322

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • LESLIE LARSON (DIRECTOR): $49,426 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The adult development center is a community based not for profit agency. We provide services without regards to race, color, sex, or religion to disabled citizens. We beleive that each individual is capable of change, learning, growing, and maturing, regardless of disability or challenge. Our mission is to be mentors for disabled adults, teaching life skills and to provide them with meaningful employment. We beleive all individuals have a purpose in life to learn, to grow and to reach the highest level of independence possible.

What it reported doing in 2025

The independent living skills assessment services assists in identifying an individual's strengths and limitations/needs as they pertain to the ability to live independently as possible. Persons referred for an ilsa will work in an apartment located at the pcadc for four days. Staff provides: 1:1 supervision. Some of the areas assessed included: menu planning; grocery shopping; meal preparation; household cleaning; personal care; nutrition; home safety/emergency situations; budgeting and financial management; recreation/leisure; landry skills; etc. N.e.t.w.o.r.c. (new experiences through a wealth of opportunity and resources in the community) is a goal-oriented program which integrates developmentally disabled individuals into the community. Each individual has specific goals to work on with their activity companion. Goal can include but are not limited to: socialization skills, independent living skills; nutritional awareness; weight management; self-confidence. Etc. To become part of the networc program individuals must be referred to the pcadc by their county case manager or other third-party payee. The individual will be assigned an activity companion who will assist the individual with their goals. The activity companion will provide transportation for activities. Individuals will be responsible for paying for their own expenses (i.e. Meals, bowling, movie tickets, etc.) work adjustment is a system of goal directed services focusing on the enhancement/remediation of an individuals employability skills. It provides training in the meaning, value and demands of work, as well as the development of positive attitudes toward work. Work adjustment services can include but are not limited to: increasing productivity; improving interactions with supervisors and co-workers; improving punctuality and attendance and increasing stamina and endurance. Vocational evaluation services provide and individualized, timely and systematic process by which a person with a disability who is seeking employment, in partnership with an evaluator, learns to identify viable vacational options and develop employment goals and objectives. Vocational evaluations incorporate data to assist in the identification of vocational and/or training options and the resources needed to meet those goals. This includes medical, psychological, educational, vocational and economic data. The polk county adult development center utilizes referral source information, interviews with clients, psychometric testing, careeer exploration and real or simulated work to meet the goals of the vocational evaluation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.4%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $585.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 35.4%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.5% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.4% of revenue deployed · 85.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $49K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 59/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.