Senior Care Communities

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650639567
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Saint Paul, MN, US
Phone
(651) 287-6408
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nursing, Convalescent Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$58,396,240
Expenses
$57,903,664
Assets
$63,249,032
Liabilities
$56,911,957

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUSAN LANDWEHR MARSHALL (BOARD PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • SANDRA L HESSE (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JANEPHER NYAUCHO (REGISTERED NURSE): $187,661 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL KAREL (EX DIR-WOODBURY SENIOR LIV): $184,017 total reported compensation
  • MARCUS ADAMALEY (LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE): $183,756 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 is to Serve: Residents, Resident Families, Employees, Community Partners

What it reported doing in 2024

Senior care communities, inc.'s primary mission is to house and care for senior residents in a variety of settings, including rental apartments, assisted living, long term skilled nursing, rehabilitation facilities, and memory care units. Senior care communities is also committed to serving its residents, their families, and the broader community through programming, partnerships, and funding for charitable endeavors. The following are the senior care communities, inc properties: the woodbury senior living campus in woodbury, Minnesota includes woodbury villa, a 75-unit independent and assisted living community; woodbury estates, a 64-unit assisted living community; and woodbury health care center, a 155-bed licensed skilled nursing facility. In 2024, woodbury healthcare center provided care for an average of 100 residents per day, approximately 49% of which were in the low-income category, as defined by their enrollment in the Minnesota medical assistance program. The facility has 40 transitional care beds available, 12 of which are transitional care suites. Woodbury villa housed and provided services to an average of 69 residents per day in 2024, with an estimated 60.9% of the tenants in the low-income category. Woodbury estates housed and provided services to an average of 54 tenants per day with 29 low-income residents included in that average. Birchwood senior living campus in forest lake, Minnesota includes birchwood arbors, a 46-unit assisted living community and birchwood health care center, a 100-bed skilled nursing facility. In 2024, birchwood healthcare center cared for an average of 62 residents per day with over 62% of that population in the low-income category. Birchwood arbors housed and provided services to an average of 42 residents per day with 72.4% in the low-income category. Providence place in minneapolis, Minnesota is a 190-bed skilled nursing facility. In 2024, providence place provided care for an average of 138 residents per day with approximately 72.7% of the population in the low-income category. Integrative care is provided at each of the three campuses by trained staff. Integrative services include complementary care such as massage, aromatherapy, imagery and visualization, movement and breathwork, guided meditation, and music therapy. The goals of these non-pharmacological interventions are decreasing anxiety, nausea, and pain as well as improving a general sense of health and wellbeing. Senior care communities recognizes and is committed to the spiritual health and wellbeing of all its residents and team members. Senior care communities provides funding for chaplains at all the communities. Chaplains provide visitation, worship, and educational experiences. In each property, weekly non-denominational worship services are provided for all residents. The board also provides stipends for catholic parishes to provide priests for mass.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.7%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 89.4%; rating input score 89; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th 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: 0.8%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.9; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 4 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 80.7% of revenue deployed · 82.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $47.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $188K · 12 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $14.2M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 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: 9 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 6 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.