OCCK Inc.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
481251313
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Salina, KS, US
Phone
(785) 827-9383
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Treatment F31 Psychiatric, Mental Health Hospital

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$28,997,546
Expenses
$27,154,825
Assets
$19,990,422
Liabilities
$3,385,884

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHELIA NELSON-STOUT (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRICK WALLERIUS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KENDRA KRIER (VICE PRESIDENT OF RURAL SE)

Highest reported compensation

  • PATRICK WALLERIUS (VICE PRESIDENT): $305,363 total reported compensation
  • SHELIA NELSON-STOUT (PRESIDENT): $296,551 total reported compensation
  • SUSAN SPRAGUE (VP OF COMMUNICATIONS AND E): $199,859 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

OCCK, Inc. partners with children and adults with short or long-term disabilities in North Central Kansas to offer the social services and resources needed to find their perfect career and live the life of their dreams.

What it reported doing in 2024

Residential services provide support and training for most independent living needs and encourages the use of services that are already available in the community. Occk, inc. Provides or coordinates living arrangements for persons with mental and physical disabilities. Vocational services provide training opportunities for persons with disabilities. These opportunities are directed toward achieving work skills that will be helpful in getting jobs & succeeding in the workplace. Personal support services are individualized based on what people need to participate successfully in their home community. Occk, inc. Offers trainers to provide support for each person to gain skills, knowledge, and experience to increasingly use & benefit from resources available in the community in which the person lives. These are non-residential community-based services that are staffed by people with disabilities. Independent living specialists work, not only with individuals of all ages and all disabilities, but also with their communities to locate services and eliminate physical and philosophical barriers so that living independently is a reality for all people. Staff provides information and support to businesses, schools, and government services as they develop accessible communities for everyone. Specific services offered include: self-advocacy training, individual advocacy, information & referral, language interpreting, training, and support for those with traumatic brain injury, service corrdination/case management for people using home and community based services (hcbs) medicaid waiver, self-directed personal assistant payroll service, community and system advocacy, accessibility information, and community education. Information is provided about assistive technology services and devices for children and adults with short- or long-term disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 72% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 78.6%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: 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: 6.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 78.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $21.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $305K · 13 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $512K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.