Family Wellness Llc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272862697
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Fargo, ND, USA
Phone
7012342400
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neighborhood Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,052,015
Expenses
$4,193,000
Assets
$11,550,252
Liabilities
$1,023,773

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH KNUTSON (PRESIDENT)
  • DARLA DOBBERSTEIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JULIE BLEHM (FORMER PRESIDENT)
  • CORY HERRMANN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CORY HERRMANN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $130,177 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 mission of family wellness is to inspire healthy lifestyles by connecting people in a fun environment.

What it reported doing in 2025

Physical fitness and wellness center programs: provided member and community programs and services to over 10,000 individuals and their families. This included membership services, 90-100 group fitness classes per week with a total of over 58,194 individual visits. These are designed for all levels of fitness and many age groups from toddler fitness to senior fitness. Children and youth fitness programs continue to be offered in order to establish a healthy lifestyle in the earliest point possible in a child's life. Medical fitness programs continue to be offered in various areas. - youth activities programs served over 3,000 hcic and youth. - income based scholarships for family wellness memberships are offered and impacted over 150 individuals. A total value of over $74,000 was given in membership scholarships in 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 98% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62%; rating input score 62
  • Program expense ratio: 74.3%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.75; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.1%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62% of revenue deployed · 74.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.