Stewart's Caring Place Inc and Subsidiary

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
200181338
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fairlawn, OH, USA
Phone
3308361772
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Support N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,418,831
Expenses
$1,523,667
Assets
$4,762,766
Liabilities
$331,130

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH VOJTEK (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • SUSAN LONGHAUSER-AYLWARD (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SARAH VOJTEK (PRESIDENT & CEO): $130,292 total reported compensation
  • SUSAN LONGHAUSER-AYLWARD (VICE PRESIDENT): $108,218 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To provide a caring, relaxed environment offering supportive services and programs free of charge for individuals and families on their cancer journey.

What it reported doing in 2024

Stewart's caring place provides a relaxed and caring environment for individuals and families on their cancer journey. Each year, more than 3,000 families receivefree services across summit, stark, portage, wayne, and medina counties, though support is not limited to these areas. Participants of all ages, races, socioeconomic statuses, and backgrounds are welcomed with compassion. New participants are invited to begin with a personal tour and intake conversation, ensuring each family's unique needs are met with care and intention. Programs are offered both in person and virtually, allowing families to access support in waysthat feel safe and convenient. (continued on schedule o)our services span educational support, health and wellness, financial assistance, relaxation therapies, wigs and beauty services, and specialized children'sprogramming. Families can access resources in our library, attend lectures and workshops on topics like post-surgery care and financial planning, and receive one-on-one consultations for counseling, estate planning, disability support, and gentle movement. We offer a wide range of support groups tailored to diagnosis, caregiving, spirituality, and general cancer support. Children and teens benefit from therapeutic programs and summer camps designed to help them cope.seasonal events and outdoor activities invite families to connect, celebrate, and find joy together.stewart's healing arts and wellness offerings include massotherapy, reiki, healing touch, energy healing, tapping, aromatherapy, poetry writing, and book clubgatherings. Movement classes such as qigong, yoga, chair yoga and strength-building help participants stay active and balanced. Through our wig room, individuals can select professionally cleaned wigs and accessories at no cost, supporting a positive self-image. Cooking and nutrition seminars guide familiesthrough dietary changes, while nutrition consults and spiritual care sessions offer holistic support.stewart's grocery store provides food shares including pantry staples and household essentials to ensure food security for participant families. Financialassistance is available through gas and grocery cards to help address economic insecurity. Stewart's caring place strives to be a sustainable, community-basedorganization and an exemplary resource for cancer support services, walking beside each family with dignity, warmth, and unwavering care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 95
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 62%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 24th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.4%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.13; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.7%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68% of revenue deployed · 62% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $944K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 20 people listed
  • Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.