New Vista
Legal name: New Vista Communities Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205452909
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lexington, KY, USA
- Phone
- 1.800.928.8000
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Residential Mental Health Treatment
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $119,049,953
- Expenses
- $118,933,005
- Assets
- $24,666,260
- Liabilities
- $10,408,845
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DANA ROYSE (INCOMING PRESIDENT/CEO (EFF. 1.2025))
- DEE WERLINE (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- DEE WERLINE (PRESIDENT/CEO): $509,461 total reported compensation
- DANA ROYSE (INCOMING PRESIDENT/CEO (EFF. 1.2025)): $344,307 total reported compensation
- RICHARD VAN DAM (MEDICAL DIRECTOR): $333,451 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To work with our communities to develop innovative programs to respond rapidly to individual and community needs.
What it reported doing in 2024
Management of hazelwood facility - major accomplishments include:- end of september 2024: heat boosters installed on the dishwasher to help maintain regulatory temperatures.- october 2024 - december 2024: - a new gas stove was installed in the kitchen to replace the old non-working one in october 2024.- the nursing department did a mesa sueca (cuban holiday meal), prepared by the nursing staff. They also did a soup & stew day where all shifts could partake of homemade soups. This was a part of their ongoing program to retain nurses and decrease/eliminate higher turnover as they had in the past. Retained nurses get to know their patients and facility processes better and provide a higher quality of care for our patients.- the nursing department lost only 1 nurse during this timeframe, and it was due to her achieving higher education as an aprn and leaving for an aprn job.- hazelwood's enrichment department (ec) partnered with the louisville ballet company for a creative movement exercise.- some residents got to see the louisville ballet production of the nutcracker, the kosair shrine glow circus and/or christmas at the kingdom Kentucky kingdom, free of charge.- hazelwood ec- halloween party (clients assisted in making some costumes) and christmas party/activities (made ornaments, with additional activities for the month, and festive spirit week.) - hazelwood and bingham gardens' ecs worked together for the holiday bazaar, hot chocolate bar/doughnuts for staff and fundraised for the ronald mcdonald house. Both campuses made holiday treats in their adaptive cooking classes and sold them for $1 to donate. Hazelwood clients prepared peanut brittle and no-baked cookies. Bingham clients prepared cupcakes.- volunteering numbers increased for the quarter to 23 for hazelwood with the ronald mcdonald house.- board of health score of 100% for kitchen inspection on 12/11/24. - january 2025 - june 2025:- hazelwood got a new milnor washing machine in the laundry. - community homes residents participated in easter parade.- community homes hosted a music group with our new friends from down syndrome of louisville.- resident's artwork is on display at wilder caf in crestwood.- resident's artwork is on display at mt. Washington florist & coffee shop.- benefit concert for crusade for children at ba colonial with falls city freeloaders performing. - first spirituality group was hosted by the community homes at hazelwood.- the residents are making new items during sewing group at windsong. Currently they are making clothing protectors, small purses, and tote bags.- a resident conducted a workshop with cedar lake to teach them how to make keychains.- new enrichment center instructor hired at windsong.- it replaced 3 end-of-life network switches with new enterprise grade network switches. - it replaced 37 windows 10 computers with new windows 11 computers. - the transitions department successfully transitioned 1 individual during this timeframe, therefore meeting the contract goal. - respiratory replaced the tops to their five medication carts. - 245 appointments completed in the outpatient specialty clinic.- 6 new patients established in the clinic.- psychiatry scheduling for both outpatient specialty clinic and hazelwood/community homes improved.- noninvasive portable bladder scanner obtained to help decrease the risk of utis and hospitalizations due to neurosepsis.- transitions presented at bingham gardens resident council meeting on 7/18/25 to discuss the standard support needed, types of homes with pictures, and types of neighborhood settings with pictures. - a windsong community icf resident set up a table at the gaslight festival on september 13th and sold $280 in merchandise to benefit the crusade for children.- karaoke group in august at the ba colonial this is an activity that the residents enjoy, and we hope to continue to have the activity on a regular basis.- the therapy team attended the national q conference on august 6th and presented
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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 most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some related-organization disclosures are missing.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 56
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.3%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 17th 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0
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: 0.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.21; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 81.3% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $96.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $509K · 29 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $9.2M reported
- Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 23 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 — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.