Orchard Place

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
421463736
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Des Moines, IA, USA
Phone
5152463501
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Mental Health Association

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$22,766,168
Expenses
$23,977,377
Assets
$12,902,248
Liabilities
$2,394,312

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

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN DANOS (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • TODD STROTHER (BOARD VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ANNE STARR (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
  • JODIE WARTH (VICE PRESIDENT - OPERATIONS)
  • AMBER RAND (VICE PRESIDENT - CAMPUS)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR STEPHEN MANDLER (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $420,106 total reported compensation
  • ANNE STARR (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $210,232 total reported compensation
  • VALERIE SALTSGAVER (FORMER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $174,304 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 at orchard place is "developing strong futures" for the children and youth of Iowa. We do this by providing a continuum of services to our clients who deal with mental and behavioral health challenges.

What it reported doing in 2024

Child guidance center is Iowa's only state-accredited community mental health center specifically for children, providing a wide range of services that are planned and delivered following the resilence model of community mental health for children and youth. We provided 2,933 services for 2,446 unique children and youth in fy2025 with services including individual, family and group therapy; psychological evaluation and testing; psychiatric evaluation; medication assessment and management; school- based mental health services; early childhood services from birth to age 5; functional family therapy; professional consultation and mental health education; child care resource and referral services; and trauma informed care services.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.8%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 49.5%; rating input score 49; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: -5.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.54; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.8% of revenue deployed · 88.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $21.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $420K · 28 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.