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← HEADWATERS INC

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by HEADWATERS INC.

Totals

Total revenue
$1,814,926
Total expenses
$1,714,799
Contributions and grants received
$1,606,449
Grants paid
$0
Program service revenue
$108,615
Investment income
$9,465
Other revenue
$90,397
Total assets, end of year
$1,689,813
Total liabilities, end of year
$217,943
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$1,471,870
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$1,312,332
Management and general expenses
$402,467
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$1,312,332

Program services were 76.5% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1a · Federated campaigns

    $9,000

  • 1b · Membership dues

    $0

  • 1c · Fundraising events

    $0

  • 1d · Related organizations

    $0

  • 1e · Government grants (contributions)

    $1,597,449

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $0

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $0

  • 2a · Program service revenue: Production Fees

    total $108,615 · related or exempt $108,615 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 2f · All other program service revenue

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $9,465 · related or exempt $9,465 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 5 · Royalties

    total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 6c · Rental income or loss

    real property $0 · personal property $0

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $0 · other assets $0

  • 8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

    $0

  • 11d · All other revenue

    total $90,397 · related or exempt $90,397 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $90,397

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 7 · Other salaries and wages

    total $1,031,348 · program services $817,912 · management and general $213,436

  • 8 · Pension plan contributions

    total $34,415 · program services $27,532 · management and general $6,883

  • 9 · Other employee benefits

    total $80,959 · program services $58,154 · management and general $22,805

  • 10 · Payroll taxes

    total $76,803 · program services $64,309 · management and general $12,494

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $2,261 · program services $2,261

  • 12 · Advertising and promotion

    total $2,142 · program services $868 · management and general $1,274

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $46,068 · program services $11,571 · management and general $34,497

  • 16 · Occupancy

    total $86,287 · program services $73,071 · management and general $13,216

  • 17 · Travel

    total $24,076 · program services $20,371 · management and general $3,705

  • 21 · Payments to affiliates

    total $87,881 · management and general $87,881

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $44,987 · program services $41,422 · management and general $3,565

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $18,058 · program services $15,347 · management and general $2,711

  • 24a · Other expenses: Program Transportation

    total $91,173 · program services $91,173 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24b · Other expenses: Program Supplies

    total $88,332 · program services $88,332 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

  • 24e · All other expenses

    total $9 · program services $9 · management and general $0 · fundraising $0

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $1,166,015 · end of year $971,831

  • 2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

    beginning of year $11,620 · end of year $12,538

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $121,660 · end of year $454,311

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $94,903 · end of year $87,766

  • 10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

    $2,037,927

  • 10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

    $1,874,560

  • 10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

    beginning of year $133,137 · end of year $163,367

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $155,590 · end of year $217,943

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $1,371,745 · end of year $1,471,870

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $0 · end of year $0

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

HEADWATERS, INC. is a non-profit community-based services agency with over 50 years of experience providing services for people with disabilities throughout northern Wisconsin. We support people to have a meaningful life by working and contributing to their communities. Our services include Community Based Day Services, Prevocational Training, Community Employment Services, Residential Community Supported Living, Educational Supports, and Transition Services. Catholic Charities Bureau Affiliates are organized to maintain, operate and conduct; directly or indirectly; as well as to assist and coordinate activities and Social Services in accordance with the charitable Works and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Works are carried out in accordance with Catholic Social teachings.

Activities or mission (Part I)

Serving people with disabilities as citizens of Onieda, Forest, Vilas, Price and Ashland Counties, Wisconsin. We support people to have a meaningful life by working and contributing to their communities. Catholic Charities Bureau Affiliates are organized to maintain, operate and conduct; directly or indirectly; as well as to assist and coordinate activities and Social Services in accordance with the charitable Works and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Works are carried out in accordance with Catholic Social teachings.

  • Headwaters, Inc.'s Adult Programs and Transportation includes our Day/Work Services programming and Residential services in our Rhinelander and Ashland locations. Community Based Day Services support people in a wide range of meaningful opportunities to address individual needs, goals, and interests. Community Based Day Services are designed to maximize a person's ability to manage everyday life activities in their community. Through this program, individuals grow to become more active members of their communities and gain skills to achieve their fullest potential. Work Services provides training in soft skills and other work skills that lead to successful employment in our work area and in the community. Work Services are designed to maximize a person's ability to gain skills for productivity. Work services provides a variety of jobs in our production area that help individuals develop necessary skills for employment. All participants in the Work Services program participated in WIOA Career Counseling, (Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act) this counseling provides career services for adults and dislocated workers. Residential/Supported Living Services are designed to maximize a person's ability to manage everyday life skills in their homes and within their communities. People seek out our services for a wide variety of reasons. Through this program, individuals grow to have more meaningful lives outside of their employment and day supports. These services can include interpersonal skills, safety skills, travel training, personal hygiene and health skills, daily living skills coaching, and community connections.

    Expenses $884,775 · Revenue $1,394,783

  • Headwaters, Inc.'s Enterprise programs include our summer lawncare services (Lawn care services for the Rest Area Maintenance Program, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and the Department of Natural Resources), enclaves and the production area. With the summer maintenance program participants acquire new skills and cleaning techniques at different rest areas. In the summer of 2023, we added lawn care service contracts for 4 community apartment complexes managed by Catholic Charities. Individuals cleaned weekly at the National Guard Armory and worked on cleaning and building/lawn maintenance at 6 waysides in Forest, Vilas, and Oneida counties. In addition, Headwaters, Inc. work service program also maintained 2 boat landings, 6 Wisconsin Valley Improvement sites in Lincoln County, and maintains lawncare at Wisconsin Department of Transportation and their sign shop. In our production area 3 new assembly jobs were acquired in addition to our business confidential shredding contracts. These were added to help individuals work on a variety of job skills.

    Expenses $247,301 · Revenue $279,300

  • Headwaters, Inc.'s Community Employment program provides support to individuals at their place of work to be successful at their job. It also helps individuals become independent in their job duties and integrated into their work setting. Supports can range from full-time coaching to monthly check ins. In 2023, over 24 employment experiences were completed. This included more than 1,200 hours of on-the-job support provided to individuals. Community Employment services were provided to a minimum of 95 different individuals in 2023. 29 of those job seekers that received services were between 14 and 21 years of age. Over 80% of individuals who got a job in 2023 are now fully independent on the job site after receiving our community employment services.

    Expenses $180,256 · Revenue $140,843

As filed on the 2023 return.

Listed in Part VII

  • Benjamin Ospal

    President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gail Losch Strid

    Vice President

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Gary Valley

    Secretary/Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alan Rock

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 59 related

  • Bluette Puchner

    Board Director

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 1 related

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
12 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.0
Source object
202413189349301926

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