Wingspan Care Group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562327939
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Shaker Heights, OH, USA
Phone
2169322800
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Children's, Youth Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,329,382
Expenses
$19,745,905
Assets
$3,872,219
Liabilities
$3,791,299

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ADAM JACOBS (PRESIDENT (7/1/24 to 1/10/25))
  • JEFFREY LOX (PRESIDENT (1/11/25 to 6/30/25))

Highest reported compensation

  • ADAM JACOBS (PRESIDENT (7/1/24 to 1/10/25)): $794,616 total reported compensation
  • JEFFREY LOX (PRESIDENT (1/11/25 to 6/30/25)): $449,485 total reported compensation
  • LEIGH HALL (DIRECTOR OF RISK MANAGEMENT AND GENERAL COUNSEL): $358,875 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Wingspan care group provides organizational efficiencies at the operational, administrative and fiscal levels for its subsidiary agencies so that they may focus on their respective missions.

What it reported doing in 2024

The ohiorise (resilience through integrated systems and excellence) system of care is a state program for youth with complex behavioral health and multi-system needs and wingspan is named the care management entity (cme) for lorain and medina counties. As a cme wingspan will provide eligible families with high-fidelity wraparound services that link them with mental and behavioral health providers, community-based services, and formal and informal networks of support in their communities. Wingspan will connect with these families through involvment with the juvenile justice system, addiction and mental health services, child protective services, school resources and other touchpoints.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% 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 filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 96
  • Accountability: 87
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.9%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $1.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 27th 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.9%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.98; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 83.9% of revenue deployed · 86.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $795K · 24 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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 4/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.