William Wendt Center for Loss and Healing

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521095105
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026240010
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,130,136
Expenses
$5,247,666
Assets
$6,215,131
Liabilities
$4,229,111

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

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LESLEY PATE MARLIN (PRESIDENT)
  • KATHARINE MANNING (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • MICHELLE PALMER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - UNTIL 11/2024)
  • MAGGIE KOZIOL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MICHELLE PALMER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR - UNTIL 11/2024): $196,481 total reported compensation
  • JERRI ANGLIN (CLINICAL DIRECTOR): $138,619 total reported compensation
  • MELISSA SELLEVAAG (DIRECTOR OF TRAINING): $132,926 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

With nationally recognized expertise in grief, trauma and mental health, the william wendt center for loss and healing (the wendt center) helps adults and children in the greater Washington region rebuild a sense of safety and hope after experiencing a loss, life-threatening illness, violence or other trauma.

What it reported doing in 2024

The wendt center provides a variety of services to address the needs of adults and youth with histories of grief and trauma in the metropolitan Washington dc area. The individual and group therapy programs help adults and children grieving the death of a loved one as well as provide specialized treatment for those impacted by violence and experiences of trauma. Therapy services are provided through our office-based practice and teletherapy.additionally, the wendt center provides child and teen services through a range of community based programs including the resilient scholars project school based program where trauma and grief groups are conducted in schools across Washington dc, the resilient scholars project family based program where families receive family based therapy focused on trauma and traumatic loss, camp forget-me-not/camp erin dc where day camps are held each summer to address the needs of grieving children and teens, grieving families healing together where families attend weekend workshops each fall learning to express their grief in healthy ways, and voices of now, a collaboration with arena stage where teens work together to develop an artistic performance over the span of five months addressing their grief. The wendt center has a robust volunteer program where volunteers assist with camp, clinical programming, and administrative needs essential to the success of the organization.the wendt center provides training and education through the wendt center training institute. Trainings are focused on increasing the confidence, competence, and capacity of mental health professionals and allied professionals to support individuals impacted by grief and trauma. Additionally, the wendt center provides individual and group stabilization services in the wake of tragic events. These sessions provide information and strategies to help individuals, groups and communities navigate the days, weeks and months after a death or traumatic event.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.3%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 65.7%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.4%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.68; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13.6%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.3% of revenue deployed · 65.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $196K · 25 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.