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REAL SERVICES INC

EIN 35-1157606 SOUTH BEND, IN

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Revenue 2024
$21,317,307
Expenses 2024
$23,243,906

Program services were 89.7% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P600
Classification
1000
Street
1151 S MICHIGAN ST

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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

REAL SERVICES ASSISTS IN ESTABLISHING A COMMUNITY IN WHICH THOSE WE SERVE CAN MAINTAIN THEIR INDEPENDENCE TO THE MAXIMUM DEGREE POSSIBLE AND FIND MEANING AND SATISFACTION THROUGHOUT THEIR LIVES. WE OFFER SERVICES IN 12 COUNTIES ACROSS NORTHERN INDIANA, INCLUDING ELKHART, FULTON, JASPER, KOSCIUSKO, LAKE, LAPORTE, MARSHALL, NEWTON, PORTER, PULASKI, STARKE, AND ST. JOSEPH.

  • ENERGY ASSISTANCE - INCOME ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLDS RECEIVED HEATING ASSISTANCE AND TURN-OFF AVOIDANCE DURING WEATHER AMNESTY MONTHS. THE PROGRAM PROVIDED 12,181 FAMILIES REPRESENTING 26,476 PEOPLE IN A FIVE-COUNTY AREA WITH A CREDIT ON THEIR HEATING BILLS. THE PROGRAM PROCESSED 31,400 PAYMENTS MADE DIRECTLY TO ELECTRIC, HEATING, AND WATER UTILITY PROVIDERS AND ASSISTED 21 HOUSEHOLDS WITH FURNACE REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT SERVICES.

    Expenses $6,049,724 · Grants $5,282,929

  • CASE MANAGEMENT - PROVIDED PERSON-CENTERED CARE MANAGEMENT SERVICES TO 4,995 OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES TO SUPPORT SAFE AND INDEPENDENT LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND PREVENT UNNECESSARY INSTITUTIONAL PLACEMENT.

    Expenses $4,205,871 · Grants $135,819

  • COVID-19 - THROUGH THE AGING AND DISABILITY VACCINE UPTAKE INITIATIVE (ADVC), PROVIDED VACCINATION OUTREACH, EDUCATION, AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO INCREASE ACCESS TO COVID-19 AND FLU VACCINES FOR OLDER ADULTS AND INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES. THE INITIATIVE REACHED 285,063 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH OUTREACH AND EDUCATION, ADMINISTERED 3,964 VACCINES, PROVIDED 13,885 SUPPORTIVE SERVICE UNITS, AND HOSTED 117 COMMUNITY VACCINATION EVENTS.

    Expenses $1,190,887 · Grants $751,104 · Revenue $17,241

  • WEATHERIZATION - (EXPENSES 500,463, INCLUDING GRANTS OF 154,939)- FAMILIES WHOSE INCOME IS BELOW 150% OF THE POVERTY LEVEL ARE PROVIDED WITH ENERGY CONSERVATION MEASURES TO LOWER FUEL CONSUMPTION AND EXPENSES. 23 HOMES WERE MADE MORE SAFE AND ENERGY EFFICIENT. NUTRITION - (EXPENSES 2,896,516, INCLUDING GRANTS OF 22,510) - PROVIDES LOW-COST NUTRITIOUS MEALS, WITH RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATIONAL PROGRAMS, IN CENTERS IN ST. JOSEPH, ELKHART,LAPORTE, MARSHALL, AND STARKE COUNTIES. 255,590 NUTRITIOUS MEALS WERE MADE,DELIVERED, AND ENJOYED BY 4,452 OLDER ADULTS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. DONATED FACILITIES VALUED AT 122,622 WERE RECEIVED BUT NOT INCLUDED IN THE ABOVE EXPENSES. HOME AND AND COMMUNITY SERVICES - (EXPENSES 915,111, INCLUDING GRANTS OF 305,297) - SERVED 28,752 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS FOCUSED ON HOUSING STABILITY, FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT, AND BASIC NEEDS. SERVICES INCLUDED UTILITY ASSISTANCE TO 26,476 INDIVIDUALS, RENTAL ASSISTANCE TO 1,487 INDIVIDUALS, HOUSING STABILITY CASE MANAGEMENT TO 252 INDIVIDUALS, PARTICIPATION BY 23 INDIVIDUALS IN THE IDA MATCHED SAVINGS PROGRAM, 68 INDIVIDUALS SERVED THROUGH THE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, AND 85 INDIVIDUALS PARTICIPATING IN FINANCIAL LITERACY EDUCATION. AREA AGENCY ON AGING - (EXPENSES 1,063,318) - PROVIDES A VARIETY OF SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS IN A FIVE-COUNTY AREA. SERVED 13,268 INDIVIDUALS THROUGH AGING NETWORK COORDINATION, INFORMATION AND OPTIONS COUNSELING, AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES. THIS INCLUDED 8,230 INDIVIDUALS WHO RECEIVED INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE THROUGH THE AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTER AND 43 INDIVIDUALS PROTECTED THROUGH THE ADULT GUARDIANSHIP PROGRAM. FOSTER GRANDPARENTS - (EXPENSES 222,424) - PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS 55+ TO GIVE SUPPORTIVE PERSON-TO-PERSON SERVICE TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL OR EXCEPTIONAL NEEDS. ENGAGED 30 FOSTER GRANDPARENTS WHO PROVIDED MENTORING AND SUPPORT TO 119 CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS, HEAD START PROGRAMS, AND DAYCARE SETTINGS, CONTRIBUTING 19,369 HOURS OF SERVICE DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR. TRANSPORTATION - (EXPENSES 400,517) - PROVIDES ESCORT AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO OLDER ADULTS TO NECESSARY APPOINTMENTS. PROVIDED TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO 285 OLDER ADULTS, DELIVERING AN AVERAGE OF 630 TRIPS PER MONTH TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, GROCERY STORES, AND OTHER ESSENTIAL DESTINATIONS. GUARDIANSHIP - (EXPENSES 258,427) - SERVES THE INTERESTS OF OLDER ADULTS BEING ABUSED OR EXPLOITED. SERVED AS COURT-APPOINTED GUARDIAN FOR 43 INCAPACITATED ADULTS, PROVIDING OVERSIGHT AND ADVOCACY TO ENSURE SAFETY, HOUSING STABILITY, HEALTHCARE ACCESS, AND PROTECTION OF INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS. ALZHEIMER'S AND DEMENTIA SERVICES - (EXPENSES 414,720) - PROVIDES EDUCATION AND SERVICES FOR FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE AND RELATED DISORDERS. PROVIDED EDUCATION, SUPPORT, AND DIRECT ASSISTANCE TO 8,554 INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE REGION, INCLUDING 1,475 CAREGIVERS WHO ACCESSED CONSULTATIONS, HELPLINE SUPPORT, AND FAMILY SESSIONS; 1,147 CAREGIVERS WHO PARTICIPATED IN SUPPORT GROUPS; AND 5,932 COMMUNITY MEMBERS REACHED THROUGH OUTREACH AND DEMENTIA EDUCATION PROGRAMS. HOME HEALTH CARE - (EXPENSES 2,737,029) - PROVIDES HOME HEALTH CARE TO ELDERLY AND DISABLED INDIVIDUALS SO THAT THEY MAY LIVE IN THEIR HOMES. PROVIDED 43,018 UNITS OF SERVICE.

    Expenses $9,408,525 · Grants $3,055,008 · Revenue $582,575

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.

  • Karla J Mapes

    PRESIDENT/CE

    Total calculated
    $173,402
    From this org
    $154,500
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $18,902
    Hours/week
    36.5 + 1 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $154,500
    Bonus
    not reported
    Other
    not reported
    Deferred
    $18,902
    Nontaxable benefits
    not reported
    Filer's total
    $173,402
  • Kevin Bouma

    DIR. ADMIN &

    Total calculated
    $88,383
    From this org
    $71,722
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,661
    Hours/week
    36.5 + 1 related
  • Stephen Gazdick

    DIR. ADMIN &

    Total calculated
    $60,839
    From this org
    $50,769
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $10,070
    Hours/week
    36.5 + 1 related
  • Peter Mullen

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Steven Watts

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Dan Wolfson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Andre Waddell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Michelle Stesiak CPA

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Aleyna Mitchell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Diana Hess

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Doris Portolese

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • John Abernethy

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Jason Critchlow

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Jessica Brittain

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Marilyn Nelums-Jones

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Mary Karczka

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kimberly Sisco

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1 + 0.5 related
  • Twila Newbill

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Julian Rouch

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kiana Jackson

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Ryan Brennan

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1
  • Kathryn Lyndes

    ASSISTANT TR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related
  • Tim Emerick

    IMMEDIATE PA

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related
  • John Pendarvis

    CHAIRPERSON

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related
  • Karen Nevorski

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2 + 0.5 related

The first 25 listed. 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
    $21,317,307
    Expenses
    $23,243,906
    Contributions
    $20,320,329
    Grants paid
    $9,224,860
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $29,994,742
    Expenses
    $30,756,901
    Contributions
    $28,852,733
    Grants paid
    $11,843,446
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $32,837,040
    Expenses
    $34,221,145
    Contributions
    $32,166,460
    Grants paid
    $17,353,257

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

  • 2024 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2023 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2022 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $31,243,370
    Expenses
    $30,687,555
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,856,258
  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,491,120
    Expenses
    $23,760,732
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,314,628
  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,488,865
    Expenses
    $20,198,119
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,142,791
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,205,081
    Expenses
    $19,136,312
    Assets (EOY)
    $11,209,533
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,445,625
    Expenses
    $19,286,691
    Assets (EOY)
    $9,903,270

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

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.