Goodwin Living

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
540623670
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Alexandria, VA, United States
Phone
703.824.1111
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Supportive Housing for Older Adults

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$123,242,651
Expenses
$120,901,406
Assets
$479,965,168
Liabilities
$357,533,337

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

Leadership & pay

31 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT A LIEBREICH (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
  • BARBARA D'AGOSTINO (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-GHA)
  • JUSTIN CARWILE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR-GHBC (UNTIL 09/25))
  • BRITTANY DISCIULLO (VICE PRESIDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBERT A LIEBREICH (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $770,678 total reported compensation
  • TIMOTHY SMITH (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $514,955 total reported compensation
  • LINDALYN L HUTTER (CHIEF MARKETING & STRATEGY): $495,771 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to support, honor and uplift the lives of older adults and those who care for them. And our commitment is to always look for new ways to be even better tomorrow. We offer senior living and health care services to adults 55 and up in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. From our home health, therapy services and Brain Health programs to our Life Plan communities to our innovative age-at-home program to our specialized, compassionate hospice care, we are here for you at every stage of your aging journey. Additionally, the Goodwin Living Foundation — through its culture of generosity — has continued to power our mission forward, touching countless lives within the Goodwin Livin.

What it reported doing in 2024

The primary exempt purpose of ghi is achieved through the provision of a continuum of care and service for older adults at two continuing care retirement communities (ccrcs) -- goodwin house alexandria in alexandria, Virginia, and goodwin house bailey's crossroads in falls church, Virginia. A continuing care retirement community provides life-long care in a continuum of housing, services, and health care to older adults. In fiscal year 2025, ghi served more than 1,654 older adults ranging from 59 to 104 years of age.(see schedule o)the ccrc continuum is provided at goodwin house alexandria and goodwin house bailey's crossroads through residential living (593 apartments), assisted living (94 apartments), memory support households for residents with dementia and alzheimer's disease (26 dwellings), and nursing and rehabilitative care (149 person capacity). Construction of a five-story health care center was completed in early june 2017. Goodwin house alexandria's existing skilled nursing and memory care components were relocated into the new facility with all private rooms operating in a small house model. In fiscal year 2018, ghi completed building improvements with the addition of 12 new independent living units in february of 2018 and 11 new assisted living units in june of 2018.the ccrc continuum is also provided to older persons living in their own homes outside of goodwin house ccrcs by a new program launched by ghi in october 2014 called goodwin house at home. The purpose of goodwin house at home is to honor the choice of older adults to remain in their own homes, while providing support for them to age in the place and way they choose. At the close of fiscal year 2025, goodwin house at home had 235 members.ghi celebrated its 70th anniversary as a non-profit corporation in fiscal year 2025. Goodwin house alexandria has been in service to older adults for 56 years and goodwin house bailey's crossroads for 36 years. Both communities have achieved full five-year re-accreditation by ccac-carf, the continuing care accreditation commission-commission on accreditation of rehabilitation facilities, a nationally recognized accreditation body. Ghi and its subsidiary corporations are each governed by a volunteer, community-based board of trustees or board of directors.goodwin house home care provides companion and living support services tailored to meet resident needs. Elder care management, personal care, laundry, personal escorts to appointments, companion services, shopping, and socialization are some of the services from the goodwin house home care team. Approximately 150,000 hours of service were provided in fiscal year 2025 by 66 full-time certified nursing assistants. Goodwin house palliative care and hospice provides supportive and end-of-life care to residents and community patients and emotional support to their families, with a mission of assuring that death occurs pain-free and with dignity, and that the families of hospice patients are supported during and after the death of their loved ones. Goodwin house palliative care and hospice provided 55,953 hospice service days to 926 patients in fiscal year 2025. Goodwin house palliative care and hospice has provided hospice service to 4,698 patients in 26 years of service.goodwin house community services: ghi serves an additional 181 elder adults through goodwin house community services, a subsidiary corporation which provides management services to a sister non-profit corporation that provides housing to low and moderate income seniors in northern Virginia. Ghi provides support to the management team and board in the areas of financial oversight, bookkeeping and payroll, financial reporting, resident services, human resource management, facility management, and strategic planning.clinical pastoral education: ghi extends its charitable purpose through its nationally accredited clinical pastoral education program, which in 25 years has trained more than 355 students from acros

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th 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; 77th 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: 1.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.97; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.6%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $103.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $771K · 31 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $6.8M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 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: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.