Firefly Supported Living & Employment Services

Legal name: Supported Living and Employment Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
933516474
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Springfield, MO, US
Phone
417-761-5500
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$104,768,327
Expenses
$91,465,832
Assets
$34,799,583
Liabilities
$8,867,355

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CJ DAVIS (PRESIDENT AND CEO)
  • MICHAEL SCHWEND (PRESIDENT AND CEO - PFH)
  • ERICA MISSAVAGE (VICE PRESIDENT FIREFLY)
  • FRANCIS MCSHANE (VICE PRESIDENT FIREFLY)
  • TRICIA MUMMA (VICE PRESIDENT FIREFLY)

Highest reported compensation

  • CJ DAVIS (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $1,276,961 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL SCHWEND (PRESIDENT AND CEO - PFH): $1,017,877 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER GAGNON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $622,275 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 help people build the life they choose through advocacy, personalized care, education, and unwavering belief.

What it reported doing in 2024

Supported living and employment services' (sles) community services program supports individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability, as well as the community they reside in, by providing individualized supported living services (isl) and community integration. As the oldest and largest provider of isl services in Missouri, sles provides support to persons in their own home as they build and practice skills in the areas of health and safety, household skills, social skills, community participation, self advocacy, leisure skills, and development of personal interests. (continued on schedule o)

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 69
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 12.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.38; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 1.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 105.4% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 103.7% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 37% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 74% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $77.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $248K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 22 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.