Indian Creek Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
233330096
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Souderton, PA, USA
Phone
2672031500
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Disorders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$27,837,874
Expenses
$23,801,182
Assets
$12,975,324
Liabilities
$6,511,608

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEAN STOESZ (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEAN STOESZ (CEO): $231,329 total reported compensation
  • JEFFREY GARIS (DIRECT SUPPO): $177,621 total reported compensation
  • YOUSSEF TAYEBI (HOME LIFE MA): $174,233 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: empowering children and adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and/or autism, to maximize their personal potential and enrich their communities. Our values: indian creek foundation is a community of caring, compassionate people, who accept others' uniqueness as an essential part of our lives. We are dedicated to building meaningful relationships based on mutual respect, unconditional value and caring interactions among those whose lives we touch.

What it reported doing in 2024

Residential services: care is provided in 26 group homes or individual apartments throughout the area. All residents have choices to participate in community activities such as shopping, banking, dining, attending the church of their choice, etc. Direct support professionals, working on a shift basis, provide support tailored to the specific needs and preferences of the individuals we serve. Community-based services: individuals capable of living in a semi- independent living situation focused on increased responsibility and self- reliance are served in an unlicensed residential care setting. Some individuals in this setting have progressed from licensed care to independent living and will receive ongoing support and monitoring. Lifesharing services: lifesharing provides opportunities for community family living. Lifesharing offers care for a person with an intellectual and/or developmental disabilities or autism, by a host family in their private home in the community. Lifesharing provides a stable, supportive environment in which each person is encouraged to reach his or her fullest potential while becoming part of the family's everyday life. The lifesharing provider also provides food, sheltr and care for the person. Indian creek foundation is accepting lifesharing providers who would like to share their homes and provide care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.8%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $34.19 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.5; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.8% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $20.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $231K · 23 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $143K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 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: 7 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.