Ohio Valley Residential Srvcs Inc C/o James Steele

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
310834124
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone
5134874777
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,157,215
Expenses
$12,728,969
Assets
$14,772,938
Liabilities
$850,902

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT VAN LEAR (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES STEELE (PRESIDENT &)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES STEELE (PRESIDENT &): $225,420 total reported compensation
  • CHRIS ALEXANDER (CFO): $140,591 total reported compensation
  • JEFFREY KRIEGER (PROGRAM DIRE): $137,952 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enrich the lives of persons with developmental disabilities and their families by providing individually focused services, safe environments, and opportunities for integration into their communities.

What it reported doing in 2025

Residential/program services hpc(approximately 90 clients): housing and support for individuals with developmental disabilities to live in a community based licensed setting (licensed by the Ohio department of developmental disabilities) within hamilton county, Ohio in one of 22 home or apartment settings. Properties are maintaned by ovrs maintenance staff and contractors. Many of the properties are accessible to individuals with physical and mobility issues. Support services for individuals with developmental disabilities (i/dd) are based on the indiviual's assessed need determined by their support team. The support team is comprised of the individual, ovrs program management staff, family and/or guardian, and hamilton county dds service and support administration. Types of services include cooking, cleaning, assistance with personal hygiene, shopping, transportation, inclusion into their community and access to recreational activities and ensuring that individuals receive medications and medical care as needed. All direct service staff providing services to individuals are trained and screened based on the requirements of the Ohio department of developmental disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 78
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: 3.3%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.16; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $11.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $225K · 13 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $750K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Whistleblower policy not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.