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CHILDSERVE HABILITATION CENTER INC

EIN 42-0680245 JOHNSTON, IA

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Revenue 2024
$37,220,431
Expenses 2024
$33,414,531

Program services were 75.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E500
Classification
5000
Street
PO BOX 707

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

9 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list 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

WE PARTNER WITH FAMILIES TO HELP CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS LIVE A GREAT LIFE.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO ENHANCE THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL HEALTH CARE NEEDS AND CHRONIC HEALTH CONDITIONS BY PROVIDING PEDIATRIC SKILLED NURSING CARE AND SPECIALTY SERVICES.

  • THE CHILDSERVE HABILITATION CENTER HOUSES THREE CARE UNITS PROVIDING TWO LEVELS OF SPECIALIZED, 24-HOUR CARE. THIS INCLUDES LONG-TERM CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH COMPLEX MEDICAL NEEDS UP TO AGE 30 AND POST-ACUTE REHABILITATION CARE FOR INDIVIDUALS FROM BIRTH TO 22 YEARS OLD WHO ARE RECOVERING FROM INJURY OR ILLNESS INCLUDING BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD INJURIES, COMPLEX RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, BURN AND WOUNDS, AND COMPLICATIONS FROM PREMATURE BIRTH. IN 2024-25, CARE WAS PROVIDED TO 119 INDIVIDUALS. ALONG WITH 24/7 NURSING CARE, THIS INCLUDED A WIDE RANGE OF THERAPY SUPPORTS, ACCESS TO CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP SUPPORT INDEPENDENCE AND DAILY LIVING SKILLS.

    Expenses $25,179,504 · Grants $1,193,321 · Revenue $32,957,515

As filed on the 2024 return.

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.

  • Cara Hardin

    Secretary

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 3.8 related
  • Emily Willits

    Past Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 3.8 related
  • Jake Moran

    Treasurer

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 3.8 related
  • Jim Hagenbucher

    Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 3.8 related
  • Joe Ceryanec

    Vice Chair

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.2 + 3.8 related
  • Teri Wahlig

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $666,556
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $570,935
    Other
    $95,621
    Hours/week
    23 + 17 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $480,142 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $90,793 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $89,583 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,038 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $666,556 related
  • David McKenzie

    President/COO

    Total calculated
    $543,074
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $461,497
    Other
    $81,577
    Hours/week
    23 + 17 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $387,575 related
    Bonus
    $0 + $73,922 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $75,292 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $6,285 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $543,074 related
  • Dawn Schwartz

    VP Care Quality

    Total calculated
    $155,938
    From this org
    $133,522
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $22,416
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $126,711
    Bonus
    $6,811
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,859
    Nontaxable benefits
    $16,557
    Filer's total
    $155,938
  • Fred Klingbeil

    Med. Dir. Of Pediatric Rehab

    Total calculated
    $281,196
    From this org
    $132,655
    From related orgs
    $132,655
    Other
    $15,886
    Hours/week
    20 + 20 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $119,373 + $119,373 related
    Bonus
    $13,282 + $13,282 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $4,738 + $4,738 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $3,205 + $3,205 related
    Filer's total
    $140,598 + $140,598 related
  • Kelly Vlahakis

    VP Inpatient Services

    Total calculated
    $148,694
    From this org
    $132,366
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,328
    Hours/week
    40
  • Leah Brandon

    Med. Dir.of Med & Pediatrics

    Total calculated
    $230,858
    From this org
    $203,678
    From related orgs
    $22,631
    Other
    $4,549
    Hours/week
    36 + 4 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $184,120 + $20,458 related
    Bonus
    $19,558 + $2,173 related
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $3,359 + $373 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $735 + $82 related
    Filer's total
    $207,772 + $23,086 related
  • Naomi Kaunga

    Respiratory Therapist

    Total calculated
    $160,019
    From this org
    $143,730
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,289
    Hours/week
    60.5

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $143,730
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $5,993
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,296
    Filer's total
    $160,019

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
    $37,220,431
    Expenses
    $33,414,531
    Contributions
    $3,767,322
    Grants paid
    $1,193,321
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $36,775,455
    Expenses
    $30,456,246
    Contributions
    $5,707,576
    Grants paid
    $1,167,802
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $29,633,754
    Expenses
    $28,770,131
    Contributions
    $1,829,451
    Grants paid
    $668,416

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
    $29,761,825
    Expenses
    $26,122,022
    Assets (EOY)
    $49,396,260
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,331,055
    Expenses
    $22,337,574
    Assets (EOY)
    $45,668,883
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,194,536
    Expenses
    $20,204,271
    Assets (EOY)
    $41,977,446
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,231,150
    Expenses
    $20,190,991
    Assets (EOY)
    $39,985,251
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,405,194
    Expenses
    $18,618,123
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,412,994
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,703,880
    Expenses
    $18,320,879
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,835,181
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,374,067
    Expenses
    $18,496,445
    Assets (EOY)
    $40,380,063
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $20,573,907
    Expenses
    $19,090,210
    Assets (EOY)
    $38,725,694
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $18,059,144
    Expenses
    $17,256,775
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,884,925
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $15,830,608
    Assets (EOY)
    $36,473,981

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

Where these grants went next →

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

  • ChildServe Homes Inc

    501(c)(3) · Provide community based group home living for children with special health care needs · IA · controlled entity

  • ChildServe Medical Equipment & Supply Inc

    501(c)(3) · Provide mobility equip, specialty supplies & services for children with special health care needs · IA · controlled entity

  • ChildServe Therapy Inc

    501(c)(3) · Provide skilled therapy & audiology services for children with special health care needs · IA · controlled entity

  • ChildServe Inc

    501(c)(3) · Parent company for benefit & support of programs/services of ChildServe · IA

  • ChildServe Foundation Inc

    501(c)(3) · Develop, receive & grant financial assistance to ChildServe organizations · IA · controlled entity

  • ChildServe Clinic Inc

    501(c)(3) · Improve access to pediatric medical services, rehabilitation & in-home family support services · IA · controlled entity

  • ChildServe Homecare Inc

    501(c)(3) · Provide in home nursing/aide/social work & therapy for children with special health care needs · IA · controlled entity

  • ChildServe Community Options Inc

    501(c)(3) · Provide integrated services & community care for children with special health care needs · IA · controlled entity

  • ChildServe Specialty Hospital Inc

    501(c)(3) · PROVIDE REHABILITATION, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, & COMPLEX CARE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS · IA · controlled entity

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.