Gaudenzia
Legal name: Gaudenzia Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231706895
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Norristown, PA, USA
- Phone
- (610) 239-9600
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $110,830,142
- Expenses
- $112,705,027
- Assets
- $27,269,959
- Liabilities
- $9,382,082
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
32 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEJA GILBERT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
- DALE KLATZKER (EX-OFFICIO CEO (UNTIL 3/24))
- FLORANCE PAIGE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DALE KLATZKER (EX-OFFICIO CEO (UNTIL 3/24)): $450,711 total reported compensation
- PATRICIA MCKERNAN (CHIEF OF STAFF (UNTIL 5/25)): $381,552 total reported compensation
- DEJA GILBERT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $342,870 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Gaudenzia provides comprehensive treatment and support to people with substance use disorder, co-occurring mental health disorders, and related conditions, regardless of individual circumstances.
What it reported doing in 2024
Comprehensive treatment: gaudenzia has a long history of providing comprehensive treatment to individuals with substance use disorder, mental wellness, and social determinants of health to help them lead more fulfilling lives. The corporation provides treatment and supports that promote recovery, improve outcomes, and reduce stigma; and endeavors to promote research and thought leadership. Gaudenzia was the first organization in Pennsylvania to provide programs for women and their children in a residential setting. In addition to the program revenues reported above, this program was also the recipient of government grants included on form 990 part viii, line 1e.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 77% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 89
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 21
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 75.4%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 44th 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: -1.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.5%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 14 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 75.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 14 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $84.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $451K · 32 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $3M reported
- Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 16 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
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 20/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.