Messiah Home

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231458000
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
Phone
7176974666
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Supportive Housing for Older Adults
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$59,184,493
Expenses
$56,375,948
Assets
$195,422,115
Liabilities
$136,191,231

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KARL J BRUMMER (PRESIDENT/CHAIR)

Highest reported compensation

  • KARL J BRUMMER (PRESIDENT/CHAIR): $314,558 total reported compensation
  • KIMBERLY VALVO (CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER/V): $242,146 total reported compensation
  • JARROD LEO (CFO/TREASURER): $208,636 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The organization's mission is to be "a ministry that responsibly enhances the lives of older adults with christ-like love." continued on schedule "o".intentional and meaningful community life is central to achieving the organization's mission of living "life.embraced." we believe life can be enhanced when persons have opportunities to pursue their own growth with an inward journey of the body, mind and soul, have opportunities to journey outward and care for and share their hearts and hands with others, and have opportunities to joyously journey together with others and build respectful, participatory relationships.our dream is to inspire everyone 55 and better to more fully embrace life; to not fear growing older, but to re-imagine the journey of aging as a time of purpose, zest, and faith-filled living.

What it reported doing in 2024

Messiah village is a continuing care retirement community serving the aging population by providing housing, healthcare, and related services on an 85-acre campus serving over 800 residents. Average occupancy for fiscal 2025 was as follows for the year: residential living 94%, personal care 88%, and skilled nursing 76%. Messiah village provides charity care at amounts less than established rates to residents who meet certain criteria. In 2025 charity care, which represents the difference between the estimated cost of providing care and the payments received for services rendered, totaled $3,370,000. Continued on schedule o.volunteers provide various services for the organization. These services are not recognized as contributions in the financial statements as the recognition criteria under the authoritative accounting guidance were not met. 289 volunteers contributed 15,738 hours in fiscal 2025. Additionally, messiah village extends services to the community at large through its pathways institute for lifelong learning, an educational program serving over 300 participants.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 84% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and a relatively small share of voting board members are independent.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 47
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.3%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 4.7%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.47; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.7; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.3% of revenue deployed · 80.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $45.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $315K · 11 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $8.3M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.