WesleyLife

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
420680440
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Johnston, IA, USA
Phone
5152716789
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Supportive Housing for Older Adults

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,706,755
Expenses
$108,738,113
Assets
$329,365,593
Liabilities
$297,019,067

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROB KRETZINGER (PRESIDENT & CEO)
  • TERESA KRUEGER (BRIO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ROB KRETZINGER (PRESIDENT & CEO): $960,534 total reported compensation
  • ALLISON MERCURIS PENDROY (COO): $427,232 total reported compensation
  • CRAIG FLANAGAN (CFO): $374,066 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Guided by Christian compassion, we support the independence, health, and well-being of older adults wherever they call home.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our community benefits from 2024 include: -across the organization, nearly 400 residents who depleted their financial resources through no fault of their own received a total of $4,354,793 in charitable assistance through good samaritan or good shepherd funds to allow them to remain in their apartments or townhomes.wesleyllife wide tota charity care was $6,549,809.-in 2024, in increasing our reach to underserved community members, medicaid days increased by 10% over last year to 72,776 days. -community members participated in various support groups offered at our communities, including groups for those living with alzheimer's disease and other dementias as well as cancer and parkinson's disease, and several of our communities also offer rock steady boxing, a nationally recognized curriculum that can slow the progression of parkinson's. Groups are also open to residents' caregivers and loved ones.-we offered lunch-and-learns and other educational programming designed to promote health and well-being among our residents, clients, and team members.-more than 494 volunteers provided more than 19,300 volunteer hours to residents, clients, and team members. As we are integrated members of the greater communities in which we are located, our impact does not stop at our doors. We collected and donated clothing, coats, books, household and cleaning supplies, pet food, and more to area charities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.3%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.25 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 1.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.03; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.9; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.1%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 88.3% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $99.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $961K · 22 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.3M reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 34 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.