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Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 161321323
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Newark, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3155737833
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $121,657
- Expenses
- $118,424
- Assets
- $165,011
- Liabilities
- $3,717
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Melissa A Kowaleski (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Alan Pritchard (Chairman)
- Kim Wescott (Treasurer)
- Debbie Betts (Secretary)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Share truth in love with people facing unplanned pregnancies and related issues.
What it reported doing in 2025
Care Net Pregnancy Center of Wayne County is a non-governmental, Christian faith-based pregnancy resource center located in Newark, New York. The organization was founded in 1988 and became an affiliate of Care Net a national coalition of pro-life resource centers headquartered in Lansdowne, Virginia in 2003. Care Net Pregnancy Center of Wayne County serves the local community by offering free, compassionate, Christ-centered care to individuals and families facing pregnancy-related needs and life challenges. In 2025, the organization served 141 new clients and provided 1,554 client sessions, both onsite and through offsite outreach. All services are free of charge.Pregnancy Support Services provides comprehensive, Christ-centered care to individuals navigating pregnancy and related experiences. Services include self-administered pregnancy testing, options counseling, childbirth education classes, and support for pregnancy loss. The program also offers abortion recovery and trauma recovery services, integrating spiritual care alongside emotional and practical support in a compassionate, confidential environment. All services are provided free of charge.The Family Wellness Program serves parents and grandparents in the community by providing parenting and life skills classes rooted in biblical principles. Participants earn points through program engagement which may be redeemed for baby and children's items and women's goods through the organization's boutique. The program promotes family stability and self-sufficiency through education, practical support, and spiritual encouragement. All services are provided free of charge.The Material Aid program serves individuals and families in need through the operation of baby and women's boutiques and a mobile outreach component. The program distributes baby supplies, clothing, and related items to those experiencing financial hardship, reflecting Care Net Pregnancy Center of Wayne County's commitment to meeting both physical and spiritual needs. Mobile outreach extends the organization's reach to individuals who may not otherwise have access to these resources. All services are provided free of charge.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 60
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.6%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 60.8%; rating input score 61
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.7%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.39; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 38%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.6% of revenue deployed · 60.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $72K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.