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Bethany Home

Waupaca, WI · EIN 39-0868849 · 501(c)(3) · Church
Latest filing: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 (tax year 2024) · View the filing · Correct or respond

Bethany Home reported $17.2 million in revenue and $17.4 million in expenses for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025. Of every $100 it spent, $92.44 went to program services, $7.56 to management and general costs and $0.00 to fundraising. Its largest source of revenue was program service revenue such as fees, sales and contracts: 99.0% of the total. The highest compensation it reported for one person was $137,927 (ADMINISTRATOR/CEO). 2 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation. Revenue rose 31% between FY2020 and FY2025. Source: Form 990, FY2025.

Where $100 of spending went

The fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part IX, line 25 · total expenses $17M

For context, the median across 2,433 covered unclassified charities: $88.27 programs, $11.68 management, $0.05 fundraising (medians computed separately, so they may not sum to $100).

Where $100 of revenue came from

The fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 · Form 990, Part VIII · total revenue $17M

The 990 scorecard · same measures for every charity, no grades

FY2025 filing. Median across 2,433 covered charities in this category, from their latest filings.
MeasureFY2025Median
Program services
Part IX 25(B) ÷ 25(A)
92.4%86.7%
Management & general
Part IX 25(C) ÷ 25(A)
7.6%11.5%
Fundraising
Part IX 25(D) ÷ 25(A)
0.0%0.0%
Fundraising cost per $1 of contributions
Part IX 25(D) ÷ Part VIII 1h
Not reported$0.01
Contributions & grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1h ÷ 12
0.6%29.9%
Government grants share of revenue
Part VIII 1e ÷ 12
0.4%3.8%
Program service revenue share
Part VIII 2g ÷ 12
99.0%58.9%
Highest reported compensation
Part VII-A, columns D–F
$137,927$301,601
Highest compensation as share of expenses
Part VII-A ÷ Part IX 25(A)
0.79%1.38%
People paid over $100,000
Part VII, line 2
26
Net assets, in months of expenses
Part X 33(B) ÷ monthly expenses
-0.56.8
Independent voting board members
Part VI 1a–1b
9 of 9100.0%

A median is context, not a target: hospitals, universities, food banks and grantmakers spend in very different ways. What these measures can and can't tell you.

What the money paid for, in its own words

FY2025 · Form 990, Part III · the three largest programs by expense
$12M expenses · 74.8% of program spending · revenue $13M

Nursing home: Bethany Home, inc. Operates a 100 bed nursing home to provide long-term care services to residents of waupaca county and the immediate surrounding area. Bethany Home, inc. Membership consists of 34 church congregations from waupaca, the surrounding rural areas, and several neighboring communities. During our fiscal year ended september 30, 2025, we provided 28,425 inpatient days of service. Of these days, 16,635 days, about 58% of our care, were provided to men and women who no longer had adequate funds to pay for their care. Their care was paid for by the wisconsin medical…

$2.5M expenses · 15.2% of program spending · revenue $2.6M

Bethany pines apartments:Bethany Home, inc. Also operates the pines, a 40-unit apartment building that provides supportive living services and assisted living services to residents of waupaca county and the immediate surrounding area. As of september 30, 2025, the pines had 35 apartments rented as a registered residential care apartment complex (rcac). The services provided by the pines make it possible for its residents to remain in a homelike atmosphere for a longer period of time and delays, and in many cases eliminates entirely, their entrance into a nursing home. The services that the…

$1.6M expenses · 10.0% of program spending · revenue $1.7M

Heartwood - community-based residential facility (cbrf): Bethany Home, inc. Also operates heartwood, a 49-bed building that provides supportive living services and assisted living to residents of waupaca county and the immediate surrounding area. As of september 30, 2025, bethany heartwood had 27 rooms rented as a registered community based residential facility. Bethany pines cbrf accepts residents who pay privately and those who are on a family care plan. As of september 30, 2025, 74% of the residents were in the community based residential facility under the family care program.the services…

Highest reported compensation

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section A · roles as filed; names are in the filing, not here
RoleFrom this orgFrom related orgsOtherTotal
ADMINISTRATOR/CEO
Officer, 35.00 hrs/week
$132,409$0$5,518$137,927
DIRECTOR OF NURSING
Highest compensated employee, 40.00 hrs/week
$100,767$0$5,750$106,517
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
Officer, 35.00 hrs/week
$84,007$0$473$84,480

2 people received more than $100,000 in reportable compensation from Bethany Home (Part VII, line 2). Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees totaled $200K (Part IX, line 5).

6 years of filings

Form 990, Parts I, VII, IX and X · each row is that year's own filing, linked
RevenueExpenses
$0$5.0M$10M$15M$20MFY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025$17M$17M
FilingRevenueExpensesProgramsNet assetsTop pay
FY2025 ⓘ$17M$17M92.4%−$668K$137,927
FY2024 ⓘ$14M$15M92.8%−$482K$177,356
FY2023 ⓘ$13M$13M92.1%$145K$200,529
FY2022 ⓘ$12M$13M92.6%$614K$188,025
FY2021 ⓘ$15M$13M93.0%$1.5M$199,134
FY2020 ⓘ$13M$13M93.1%−$381K$95,961

Governance answers, as filed

FY2025 · the organization's own yes/no answers; explanations, if any, are in Schedule O of the filing · what each means
  • Voting board members, and how many are independent Part VI, lines 1a–1b9 · 9 independent
  • Audited financial statements Part XII 2bYes
  • Conflict-of-interest policy Part VI 12aYes
  • Whistleblower policy Part VI 13No
  • Document retention policy Part VI 14Yes
  • Independent process for top executive pay Part VI 15aYes
  • Board given the 990 before filing Part VI 11aYes
  • Family or business ties among insiders Part VI 2No
  • Aware of a significant diversion of assets Part VI 5No
  • Excess benefit transaction with an insider Part IV 25aNo
  • Loans to or from insiders outstanding Part IV 26No
  • Lobbying, or a 501(h) election in effect Part IV 4No
  • Over $15,000 of professional fundraising services Part IV 18No
  • Over $10,000 of activity outside the U.S. Part IV 14bNo
  • Employees Part I, line 5324
  • Volunteers Part I, line 69

Largest outside contractors

FY2025 · Form 990, Part VII, Section B · businesses only
POWERBACK REHABILITIATION
Rehab pt, ot, st services
$532,218
ALL AMERICAN HEALTH
Staffing agency
$499,099

Individuals listed as contractors are left out. 2 contractors were paid more than $100,000 in all.

Private foundation grants it received

1 private foundation reported grants to Bethany Home totaling $36 on their tax year 2023 Form 990-PF returns. See which foundations, on WHOFUNDS.

Source: WHOFUNDS open grant graph, matched from Form 990-PF Part XV.

Correct a figure or respond

Every number above is copied from Bethany Home's own Form 990. If one doesn't match the filing, that's our error and we'll fix it. If you work for Bethany Home, you can publish a response that is linked from this page.

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Questions people ask

How much of Bethany Home's spending goes to programs?

In the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, Bethany Home reported that 92.4% of its $17.4 million in expenses went to program services, 7.6% to management and general and 0.0% to fundraising (Form 990, Part IX).

How much does Bethany Home pay its top executive?

The largest total compensation Bethany Home reported for one person in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025 was $137,927, for the role of ADMINISTRATOR/CEO (Form 990, Part VII, including compensation from related organizations and other compensation).

Where does Bethany Home get its money?

Of $17.2 million in revenue in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 0.6% came from contributions and grants (including 0.4% from government grants) and 99.0% from program service revenue (Form 990, Part VIII).

Is Bethany Home a registered charity?

The IRS lists EIN 39-0868849 as a 501(c)(3) organization (church), and its records show contributions as tax-deductible. Form 990 filings on record here cover tax years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024. A filing shows what the organization reported; it doesn't by itself show whether a program works.

Sources

  • FY2025: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, object 202642089349301559 · read the filing
  • FY2024: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, object 202531959349300308 · read the filing
  • FY2023: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, object 202412119349300411 · read the filing
  • FY2022: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, object 202322229349301042 · read the filing
  • FY2021: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, object 202222159349300142 · read the filing
  • FY2020: Form 990 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, object 202122079349301122 · read the filing

All filings for EIN 39-0868849: ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer · IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search. Figures are as the organization reported them; we have not audited them.