Personal Development Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 391278572
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Marshfield, WI, USA
- Phone
- 7153842971
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Family Violence Shelters
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,158,211
- Expenses
- $1,091,159
- Assets
- $1,703,908
- Liabilities
- $80,005
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JULIE THARP (PRESIDENT)
- LANA MARSH (VICE PRESIDENT)
- RENEE SCHULZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- RENEE SCHULZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $149,002 total reported compensation
- TANYA JOHNSON (DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS): $101,791 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to assist those in distress by identifying options and resources, promoting safety, building hope, and strenghtening individuals, families, and our community through case management, advocacy, and education.
What it reported doing in 2025
Domestic abuse - advocacy and assistance with obtaining shelter and services from law enforcement, the legal community, social service agencies, and health care providers. Assistance with temporary restraining orders. Program participants in transition receive assistance with housing, education, employment, financial concerns, transportation, health, special needs, cultural and social barriers, or issues relating to children. Staff offers support and education for adults and children seeking to end the effects of abuse in their lives. The domestic abuse program also includes emergency shelter operations as well. Sexual assault advocacy services - comprehensive sexual assault services for adult victims of sexual assault, adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse, adolescent/teen victims of sexual assault, and elder victims of sexual violence. Services are available to primary and secondary victims of sexual assault; services are designed to assist in understanding and stabilizing their lives after victimization; to provide medical/legal advocacy, counseling, information/resources/referrals, and support groups. Youth advocacy services - addresses the safety needs of children and youth ages pre-kindegarten to 18 years old who witnessed violence in the home; or have been neglected and/or abused physically, emotionally, or sexually. Programming follows a strength-based philosophy that focuses on the capacity of each child/youth, addresses individual needs, and builds upon identified strengths to support resiliency. The advocate provides one-on-one advocacy services to youth/teens and protective parents including: safety planning, legal advocacy, court accompaniment, education, and resources and referrals. Advocacy also addresses issues related to the mental, emotional, and physical health of youth/teen victim survivors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 70% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 70.2%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: $42.62 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 70.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $766K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.