Resources for Human Development

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231727133
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Philadelphia, PA, United States
Phone
215-951-0300
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$325,713,965
Expenses
$320,149,099
Assets
$261,700,091
Liabilities
$93,852,091

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Linda Donvodan-Magdamo (Executive Director until 1/3/25)
  • Emily K Nichols (Executive Director)
  • Sandra R Cox-Scales (Executive Vice President)
  • Marco Giordano (Former CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Ryan D Smith (Board Member until 1/8/25): $1,489,010 total reported compensation
  • Michael Herr (Sole Member Representative): $915,607 total reported compensation
  • John Loyack (Board Member until 1/8/25): $905,990 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

RHD’s mission is to provide caring, effective, and innovative services that empower people of all abilities as they work to achieve the highest level of independence possible while building better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. & History RHD is a national, comprehensive human services organization. Our mission is to provide caring, effective, and innovative services that empower people of all abilities as they work to achieve the highest level of independence possible while building better lives for themselves, their families, and their communities. RHD operates more than 115 programs in 12 states. Our programs fall into three broad service categories: Behavioral Health and Housing (BHH), Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (IDD), and Healthcare. They all specialize in helping individuals and families with complex needs, including mental illness...

What it reported doing in 2024

RHD's comprehensive social services programming also includes homelessness, veterans, children, employment, and more. These services were provided to individuals in six programs in New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.Program Service Accomplishments in Fiscal Year 2025 include: Allegheny County, PA, has introduced a pilot program RHD's A-Team -- of alternate responders addressing specific 911 calls. This initiative aims to alleviate the burden on traditional first responders by managing non-violent, non-medical emergencies. On January 11, 2025, A-Team was featured on the news! Over FY 2025, the program grew from two municipal and police department partners to 18 police departments and over 20 municipal partners. This program's volume and reach continued to grow month to month.Creating Increased Connections through Education and Support (CIC) is staffed primarily by people with the lived experience of mental health and co-occurring challenges. We are committed to using this lived experience to enhance the delivery of recovery-oriented and trauma-informed mental health services. CIC provided WRAP trainings in the Montgomery County Correctional Facility and we were able to train two women that got released and are now WRAP facilitators and working as a certified peer specialist in the community.Iowa Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) - Cedar Rapids was awarded a two-year fidelity review. One of three teams within Iowa that has achieved this.Located in Philadelphia, PA, Kailo Haven has successfully engaged over 50 individuals this fiscal Year 2024/2025. We have met individuals where they are and have assisted them in attaining entitlements, services, and stability. Progress Haven staff have continued to help residents navigate access to Case Management/Mental health support/ Medical insurance) services , supported residents through interpersonal conflict issues, and motivated others to pursue personal life goals. Progress Haven in Philadelphia, PA, successfully engaged over 40 individuals this fiscal year 2024/2025. The program met individuals where they were at and assisted them in attaining entitlements, services, and stability. Progress Haven staff have continued to help residents navigate access to Case Management/Mental health support/ Medical insurance) services, supported residents through interpersonal conflict issues, and motivated others to pursue personal life goals. An example of the hard work and dedication staff have given is encapsulated in the success of one of our couples. Resident A and resident B came to Progress Haven in May 2025. Resident A's addiction to K2 had stymied the individual's progress to the point where staff had to intervene numerous times. Their partner was also addicted and they were not seeing eye to eye. Since that rocky beginning we were able to help Resident A find and maintain gainful employment, facilitated their improved relations as a couple, and assisted Resident B with finding outpatient treatment for addiction. Resident A has been approached by management at her job to supervise her shift. The couple has been awarded a voucher and look forward to starting their new life once they find their apartment.During the physical year of 7/2024-6/2025, Woodstock Family Center had two (2) participants that were selected for PHA housing, and sixteen (16) participants that were able to obtain housing on their own.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.5%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 88%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $77.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • 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; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 1.7%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.1%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 85.5% of revenue deployed · 88% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $281.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 29 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $2.7M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 18 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 35 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.