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IRENE WORTHAM CENTER INC

EIN 56-0733452 ASHEVILLE, NC

Largest nonprofits in North Carolina

Revenue 2024
$5,137,306
Expenses 2024
$4,819,013

Program services were 75.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
Classification
2000
Street
916 W CHAPEL RD

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

1 other organization in the IRS Business Master File lists the same street address. matched by us

We match the street line and ZIP code as the IRS gives them, ignoring case and outer spaces and nothing else, so "AVE" and "AVENUE" count as different streets and this list can miss some. A shared address can mean related organizations or a shared office, but it can also be a registered agent, a mail drop or a service provider holding mail for unrelated clients. It is not, by itself, evidence that two organizations are connected.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

IRENE WORTHAM CENTER, ALONG WITH IRENE WORTHAM RESIDENTIAL CENTER, HAVE HELPED CHILDREN AND ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL AND/OR SOCIOECONOMIC CHALLENGES LEAD HEALTHY, HAPPY AND MORE INDEPENDENT LIVES. FROM OUR CARF-ACCREDITED ADULT DAY ACTIVITY AND SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS, TO OUR 5-STAR-RATED CHILD CARE CENTER, TO OUR COMPREHENSIVE, AROUND-THE-CLOCK RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMES, IRENE WORTHAM CENTER, IRENE WORTHAM RESIDENTIAL CENTER AND THEIR EXCEPTIONAL STAFF INSPIRE AND EMPOWER INDIVIDUALS TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL FROM BIRTH TO END OF LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE IRENE WORTHAM CENTER, ALONG WITH IRENE WORTHAM RESIDENTIAL CENTER, DELIVER COMPREHENSIVE, QUALITY RESIDENTIAL AND DAY SERVICES IN A CARING ATMOSPHERE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH SEVERE AND PROFOUND DISABILITIES.

  • THE EARLY LEARNING PROGRAM AT THE CERTIFIED DEVELOPMENTAL DAY CENTER SERVES 105 CHILDREN. IT IS FIVE-STAR RATED BY THE NORTH CAROLINA DIVISION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT. LEAD TEACHERS HOLD NORTH CAROLINA TEACHING CERTIFICATES AND/OR DEGREES IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION OR A RELATED FIELD. OUR PROGRAM FEATURES SMALL CLASS SIZES AND TEACHER-TO-CHILD RATIO OF 1:4.

    Expenses $1,684,615 · Revenue $1,280,365

  • THE ADULT DAY ACTIVITY PROGRAM, WHICH SERVES 50 INDIVIDUALS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, EMPHASIZES THE DIGNITY AND INDIVIDUALITY OF EACH PERSON. IT PROVIDES A COMFORTABLE AND FLEXIBLE ATMOSPHERE THAT ENCOURAGES PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT AND GROWTH AS WELL AS PRODUCTIVITY. THE PROGRAM OFFERS A UNIQUE BALANCE OF ACTIVITIES THAT PROMOTE AN OPTIMAL LEVEL OF INDEPENDENCE IN DAILY LIVING AND OFFERS SOCIALIZATION AND INTERACTION ON AN INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP LEVEL. TRAINED AND EXPERIENCED STAFF STRIVE TO PROVIDE A VARIETY OF PROGRAM ACTIVITIES INCLUDING ART AND MUSIC THERAPY, COOKING LESSONS, AND INCLUSIVE COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES.

    Expenses $1,958,590 · Revenue $528,509

  • THE SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM EMPOWERS 160 CLIENTS TO ACHIEVE THE SELF-ASSURANCE AND SATISFACTION THAT COMES FROM MEANINGFUL, COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT. DEDICATED JOB COACHES PROVIDE ONE-ON-ONE SUPPORT TO ASSIST IN SECURING AND MAINTAINING EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL CHALLENGES. JOB COACHES TRAIN CLIENTS TO DO THE JOB AND STAY WITH THEM ON THE JOBSITE TO FINE-TUNE THEIR PERFORMANCE UNTIL IT IS SATISFACTORY TO THE EMPLOYER.

    Revenue $343,603

  • MEDICARE PAYMENTS FOR OTHER SUPPORTED ANCILLARY SERVICES.

    Revenue $1,934,939

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Laura Brown

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Mickey Dale

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Dr Larry Fisher

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jason Gast

    VICE CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Dexter Hazel

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Jeff Hicks

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Rita Maddux

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Wes McCall

    PAST CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Rhyna Simmers

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Chad Whittemore

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1.5 + 1.5 related
  • Matthew Henry

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $151,462
    From this org
    $73,372
    From related orgs
    $73,372
    Other
    $4,718
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $73,372 + $73,372 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,718
    Filer's total
    $78,090 + $73,372 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. 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

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $5,137,306
    Expenses
    $4,819,013
    Contributions
    $985,067
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $4,771,388
    Expenses
    $4,833,558
    Contributions
    $839,360
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $3,690,766
    Expenses
    $4,177,880
    Contributions
    $590,085
    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
    $4,331,071
    Expenses
    $3,791,720
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,560,913
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,214,016
    Expenses
    $3,454,807
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,209,411
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,455,235
    Expenses
    $3,503,303
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,059,578
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,138,498
    Expenses
    $3,260,708
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,434,039
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,919,191
    Expenses
    $2,970,358
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,552,762
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $2,931,975
    Expenses
    $3,012,572
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,631,516
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,088,321
    Expenses
    $3,181,890
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,745,514
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,491,434
    Expenses
    $3,355,415
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,085,100
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $3,446,344
    Expenses
    $3,172,194
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,821,150
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,635,251
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,533,395

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

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 2024 return

Declared as related by

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 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.