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MERAKEY CHESTER COUNTY

EIN 23-1884756 LAFAYETTE HL, PA

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Revenue 2023
$9,598,807
Expenses 2023
$8,585,235

Program services were 88.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
1000
Street
620 GERMANTOWN PIKE

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

27 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

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Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILTIES SERVICES TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHESTER COUNTY, PA.

Activities or mission (Part I)

PROVIDE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES SERVICES.

  • MERAKEY CHESTER COUNTY PROVIDES A BROAD ARRAY OF SERVICES THROUGH ITS INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES DIVISION. THE LIFE SHARING AND RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS SPENT FY 2024 FOCUSED ON ENSURING THE SAFETY AND HEALTH OF THEIR RESIDENTS.THE CHESTER COUNTY PROGRAM SUPPORTS INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES IN VARIOUS DAY AND RESIDENTIAL SETTINGS TO INCLUDE HOME AND COMMUNITY HABILITATION, GROUP HOMES, LIFE SHARING, AND DAY PROGRAMS. HOME AND COMMUNITY HABILITATION SERVICES PROGRAM OF CHESTER COUNTY PROVIDES SUPPORT TO ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (I/DD), WHO RESIDE IN THEIR HOMES, OR WITH THEIR FAMILIES. THE PROGRAM CURRENTLY SUPPORTS 38 FAMILIES. THE FOCUS OF THE PROGRAM IS TO NOT ONLY SUPPORT THE PERSON WITHIN THE FAMILY STRUCTURE, BUT TO ALSO IMPROVE THE FAMILY DYNAMICS. IN SUPPORTING THE FAMILY DYNAMICS SUCCESSFULLY, THE PERSON WILL DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS TOWARDS INDEPENDENCE TO REDUCE THE RISK OF THE PERSON NEEDING TO BE PLACED IN A COMMUNITY LIVING ARRANGEMENT (CLA), A RESIDENTIAL SUPPORT SERVICE.MERAKEY CHESTER COUNTY SUPPORTS 26 ADULTS DIAGNOSED WITH INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, (I/DD), AND WHO RESIDE IN 11 HOMES WITHIN THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICES PROGRAM. THE SERVICE OFFERS SEVERAL LEVELS OF CARE, AND THE GOAL OF THE PROGRAM IS TO SUPPORT THE PERSON TO BECOME AS INDEPENDENT AS POSSIBLE. CHESTER COUNTY RESIDENTIAL SERVICES EMPHASIZES THE PERSON'S ESTABLISHED GOALS (OUTCOMES), AND, THROUGH AN INDIVIDUALIZED APPROACH OF SERVICES, THE PERSON WILL ACHIEVE THEIR HOPES AND DREAMS.MERAKEY CHESTER COUNTY SUPPORTS 16 FAMILIES AND 17 PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES (I/DD) TO SHARE THEIR LIVES TOGETHER. MERAKEY RECOGNIZES THAT FAMILIES ARE THE FOUNDATION TO PROVIDE SUPPORTIVE, PERMANENT RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE BEST OPPORTUNITY FOR A MORE ENRICHED LIFE. THE FAMILY PROVIDES SUPPORT TO THE PERSON TO ACCESS THE COMMUNITY, RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE, AND PROVIDE THE DAY TO DAY SUPPORT TO ASSIST THE PERSON TO MEET HIS OR HER GOALS (OUTCOMES).MERAKEY CHESTER COUNTY SUPPORTS 22 ADULTS IN OUR COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION SUPPORTS PROGRAM. WE SUPPORT 22 INDIVIDUALS WITH A DIAGNOSIS OF I/DD. WE RECENTLY CHANGED OUR FOCUS FROM A TRADITIONAL ADULT DAY FACILITY (INDOOR ACTIVITIES) TO ASSISTING THE PERSON TO BECOME A MEANINGFUL MEMBER OF THEIR COMMUNITY. THIS NEW ENDEAVOR WILL ASSIST THE PERSON TO DEVELOP MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS, WITH NON-PAID MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITY, AND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TOWARDS EMPLOYMENT OR VOLUNTEER SERVICES.MERAKEY CHESTER COUNTY CONTINUES TO MOVE PEOPLE TO THE LESS RESTRICTIVE LIVING ARRANGEMENT AND HAS OPENED A NEW LIFE SHARING HOME, WITH PLANS TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL LIFE SHARING HOME.

    Expenses $7,624,147 · Revenue $9,584,536

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2023

As listed in Part VII of the 2023 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Joseph Martz

    PRESIDENT/CEO

    Total calculated
    $1,274,059
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $1,215,852
    Other
    $58,207
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 49.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $962,245 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $253,607 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $13,314 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $44,893 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $1,274,059 related
  • Derrick Yacovelli

    TREASURER/SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $781,977
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $738,281
    Other
    $43,696
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 49.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $617,031 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $121,250 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,715 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $36,981 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $781,977 related
  • Leah Pason

    DIRECTOR/CPO

    Total calculated
    $543,120
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $518,654
    Other
    $24,466
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 49.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $452,504 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $66,150 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,905 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,561 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $543,120 related
  • Robert Nix III Esq

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 11 related
  • Rebecca Richwine

    DIRECTOR/SVP. C&FS

    Total calculated
    $449,308
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $438,198
    Other
    $11,110
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 49.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $382,554 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $55,644 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,820 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $4,290 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $449,308 related
  • Theodore Dallas

    DIRECTOR/COO

    Total calculated
    $726,522
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $700,336
    Other
    $26,186
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 49.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $584,646 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $115,690 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $6,775 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $19,411 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $726,522 related
  • Elise Tretola

    VICE PRESIDENT/SVP, IDD

    Total calculated
    $473,827
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $467,053
    Other
    $6,774
    Hours/week
    0.5 + 49.5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $415,699 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $51,354 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,774 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $473,827 related
  • Gifty Gbassana

    DIRECT SUPPORT PROFESSIONL

    Total calculated
    $120,265
    From this org
    $119,017
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $1,248
    Hours/week
    37.5

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,598,807
    Expenses
    $8,585,235
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,680,162
    Expenses
    $8,658,719
    Contributions
    $0
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,909,820
    Expenses
    $8,059,984
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,244,484
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,945,017
    Expenses
    $7,703,052
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,458,464
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,073,377
    Expenses
    $7,525,376
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,580,480
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,156,195
    Expenses
    $7,479,219
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,326,887
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,536,581
    Expenses
    $7,435,755
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,024,036
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,765,026
    Expenses
    $7,071,478
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,062,925
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,700,404
    Expenses
    $6,884,407
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,565,550
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,175,106
    Expenses
    $7,239,900
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,438,623
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $8,497,564
    Expenses
    $8,033,076
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,028,158
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $7,235,410
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,850,989

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2023 return

The first 25 as filed. The return lists every one.

Declared as related by

The most recent declarers. The API serves every row.

Taxable family

From Schedule R Parts I, III and IV: entities that legally are the filer, and taxable partnerships, corporations and trusts it is related to. These record ownership and control, not shared board members or money.

Related partnerships on its 2023 return

  • SENTRY MANAGEMENT SERVICES

    REAL ESTATE HOLDINGS · PA

Related corporations and trusts on its 2023 return

  • NORTHWESTERN ENTERPRISES INC

    C · HOLDING COMPANY · PA

  • THE AMICA COMPANY

    C · INACTIVE · PA

  • NORTHWESTERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES COMPANY

    C · HOLDING COMPANY · PA

  • LIFE TREE PHARMACY SERVICES INC

    C · PHARMACY · PA

  • HOUSE NEXT DOOR INC

    C · INACTIVE · PA

  • NORTHWESTERN INTRASYSTEMS INC

    C · MANAGEMENT COMPANY · PA

  • LUMICARE INC

    C · HEALTH CONSULTING · PA

  • FRESH START NOW INC

    C · RECOVERY HOUSING · PA

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 1 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2023, the newest we have parsed for this organization.