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THE CRAIG AND FRANCES LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE

EIN 13-4343743 MASON, OH

Revenue 2024
$43,200,473
Expenses 2024
$31,387,773

Program services were 56.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F31
Classification
1000
Street
4075 OLD WESTERN ROW 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).

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE (LCOH) IS A MENTAL HEALTH CENTER STAFFED BY A DIVERSE TEAM, UNITED IN THE PHILOSOPHY THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN BEST OFFER HOPE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. THE PATIENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES ARE AT THE CENTER OF OUR TREATMENT, EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH. LCOH OFFERS COMPREHENSIVE SERVICES INCLUDING INPATIENT, RESIDENTIAL AND OUTPATIENT SERVICES. LCOH HAS 32 INPATIENT BEDS, 28 RESIDENTIAL BEDS AND PROVIDES A RANGE OF OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDING OFFICE VISITS, TELEHEALTH VISITS, PHP, IOP, ECT, ESKETAMINE AND TMS.

Activities or mission (Part I)

LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE IS A MENTAL HEALTH CENTER WHICH STAFF EMBRACES THE PHILOSOPHY THAT BY WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN BEST OFFER HOPE FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS.

  • ACUTE INPATIENT CARE: FOR ADULT PATIENTS NEEDING THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF CARE AND CRISIS INTERVENTION DELIVERED WITH COMPASSION AND RESPECT, LINDNER CENTER OF HOPE (LCOH) HAS 32 PRIVATE ROOMS DIVIDED INTO TWO 16-ROOM UNITS FOR ACUTE HOSPITAL STAYS. AFTER A COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC EVALUATION IS COMPLETED TO GAIN A THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF EACH PATIENT, INPATIENT TREATMENT FOCUSES ON QUICKLY RESOLVING SERIOUS AND LIFE-THREATENING SYMPTOMS. ADULT PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION: THE ADULT PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAM KEEPS PATIENTS, WHO MEET PROGRAM CRITERIA, OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, WHILE PROVIDING INTENSIVE TREATMENT IN A SAFE SETTING. LCOH IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING THE FULL SPECTRUM OF CARE FOR CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, AND ADULTS SUFFERING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL'S DAILY FUNCTIONING IS IMPAIRED BY MENTAL ILLNESS, YET CRITERIA ARE NOT MET FOR HOSPITALIZATION, THE ADOLESCENT AND ADULT PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAMS (PHP) PROVIDE INTENSIVE TREATMENT IN A SAFE AND THERAPEUTIC ENVIRONMENT, WITHOUT FULL HOSPITALIZATION. PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION HELPS PATIENTS PROGRESS TO THE POINT WHERE STANDARD OUTPATIENT APPOINTMENTS CAN BE EFFECTIVE. THESE PROGRAMS ARE ALSO USED AS A STEP-DOWN PROGRAM FROM HOSPITALIZATION, WITH THE INTENT OF GRADUALLY EASING A PATIENT BACK INTO THEIR HOME ENVIRONMENT. THE PROGRAM OPERATES MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY FROM 8:30 A.M. TO 3:30 P.M. EXCEPT FOR EATING DISORDER PATIENTS WHO ATTEND UNTIL 6:00 P.M., AND ENROLLEES ATTEND 5 DAYS PER WEEK FOR UP TO 4 WEEKS. THE PROGRAM OFFERS SOME FLEXIBILITY IN DESIGN, SO THAT THE PHP TREATMENT TEAM AND THE ENROLLEE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THE RIGHT TREATMENT PLAN FOR EVERYONE. TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION THERAPY: MAJOR DEPRESSION IS A DEBILITATING BRAIN DISORDER THAT AFFECTS ONE IN 10 ADULTS. IT IS CAUSED BY AN IMBALANCE OF CHEMICALS IN THE BRAIN THAT RESULT IN A PERSISTENT STATE OF SADNESS AND LOSS OF INTEREST IN OR PLEASURE FROM NORMAL ACTIVITIES. INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE TRIED MEDICATIONS AND PSYCHOTHERAPY TO RELIEVE THEIR SYMPTOMS WITH LITTLE OR NO SUCCESS, OFTEN GIVE UP HOPE. THE INNOVATION OF TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION (TMS) CAN IMPROVE SYMPTOMS AND GIVE HOPE TO THOSE STRUGGLING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES. NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS EXPERTS IN THE TREATMENT OF DEPRESSION, LCOH PSYCHIATRISTS OFFER TMS AS AN INNOVATIVE TREATMENT MODALITY THAT DELIVERS POSITIVE RESULTS TO PATIENTS COPING WITH MENTAL ILLNESS. TMS IS A NON-SYSTEMIC AND NON-INVASIVE TREATMENT FOR DEPRESSION THAT RECEIVED THE PRESTIGIOUS POPULAR SCIENCE AWARD BEST OF WHAT'S NEW IN 2009. ELECTROCONVULSIVE THERAPY (ECT) IS A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE TREATMENT OPTION FOR CERTAIN MENTAL ILLNESSES AND IS THE GOLD STANDARD FOR TREATMENT OF CERTAIN PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS, CAUSING CHANGES IN BRAIN CHEMISTRY THAT CAN IMMEDIATELY REVERSE SYMPTOMS. AS ONE OF THE OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY USED MENTAL HEALTH PROCEDURES, OFTEN, ECT WORKS WHEN OTHER TREATMENTS ARE UNSUCCESSFUL. ECT IS AN EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE FORM OF TREATMENT, OFTEN SAFER AND MORE EFFECTIVE THAN MEDICATIONS OR NO TREATMENT AT ALL. LCOH IS THE LEADING PROVIDER OF ECT IN THE AREA. THE CENTER'S ECT EXPERT PROVIDERS AND A CARING STAFF PERFORM THE PROCEDURE IN THE STATE-OF-THE-ART FARMER FAMILY NEUROMODULATION CENTER WITH THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND EQUIPMENT. TREATMENT APPOINTMENTS CAN BE SCHEDULED MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, AND FRIDAY, 7:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M., WITH NEW PATIENTS STARTING THE PROCESS THROUGH INTAKE OR WHILE IN OUR HOSPITAL. LCOH WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM: SOME MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS ARE UNIQUE TO WOMEN, ESPECIALLY AS THEY RELATE TO A WOMAN'S REPRODUCTIVE LIFE CYCLE. THIS CYCLE IS NATURALLY FILLED WITH HIGHS AND LOWS THAT ARE LINKED TO PHYSICAL CHANGES, HORMONAL FLUCTUATIONS, LIFE-ALTERING EVENTS - OFTEN EQUALLY JOYOUS, SAD, AND STRESSFUL. SOMETIMES IT CAN BE HARD TO KNOW WHEN A MOOD OR BEHAVIOR IS MORE THAN A NORMAL REACTION TO PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGE OR STRESS. THE WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM AT LCOH STRIVES TO PROMOTE AND ENHANCE WOMEN'S MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING ACROSS THE REPRODUCTIVE LIFECYCLE. SPECIALISTS ARE AVAILABLE TO HELP INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR CLINICIANS BY PROVIDING COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENTS, CONSULTATIONS, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY SERVICES. RESIDENTIAL SERVICES: FOR PATIENTS SEEKING CARE BEYOND THE HOSPITAL SETTING AND THE LIMITS IMPOSED BY THIRD PARTY PAYERS, LCOH OFFERS ASSESSMENTS AND COMPREHENSIVE CARE FOR ADULTS AGE 18 YEARS AND OLDER (SIBCY HOUSE) AND FOR ADULTS AGE 18 AND OLDER NEEDING STABILIZATION AND CARE PLANS (WILLIAMS HOUSE) IN A SHORT TERM RESIDENTIAL SETTING. SIBCY HOUSE IS A 16-ROOM, PRIVATE-PAY, RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM THAT OFFERS A PREMIERE DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT ENVIRONMENT NOT FOUND IN TRADITIONAL HOSPITALS OR TREATMENT CENTERS. PATIENTS BENEFIT FROM AN EXTENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT FOLLOWED BY EXTENDED STAYS TO INITIATE THEIR INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT PLAN. SIBCY HOUSE PROGRAMS FEATURE: - COMPREHENSIVE DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT - NEUROLOGIC TESTING - DIAGNOSTIC AND TREATMENT PROGRAM - ADDICTIVE AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS PROGRAM - CONTINUING TREATMENT WITHIN THESE PROGRAMS, SIBCY HOUSE OFFERS SPECIALTY TRACKS FOR PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH: - DEPRESSION AND BIPOLAR DISORDER - EATING DISORDERS - ADDICTIVE DISORDERS - CO-OCCURRING PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS - ANXIETY DISORDERS - OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER WILLIAMS HOUSE IS A 12 BED, PRIVATE PAY RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM THAT OFFERS A Stabilization program THAT ALLOWs EACH INDIVIDUAL STAY TO BE CUSTOMIZED FOR THE PATIENT AND FAMILY. THE SECOND COMPONENT ZEROES IN ON STABILIZATION, SKILLS BUILDING, INCREASING INDEPENDENCE AND INITIATIVE AND CHANGING TREATMENT TRAJECTORY THROUGH DAILY GROUPS FOCUSED ON SKILLS OF EMOTIONAL MANAGEMENT AND INTERPERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS. THE THIRD COMPONENT WORKS TO PREPARE THE PATIENT FOR THE NEXT LEVEL OF CARE, WHETHER WITHIN THE WILLIAMS HOUSE OR WITH ANOTHER PROVIDER. INDIVIDUAL THERAPY, GROUPS AND CLINICAL SKILLS BUILDING, WITHIN THE DBT AND CBT STRUCTURED MILIEU, OCCURS DURING THE ENTIRE VISIT BUT BECOMES MORE OF THE FOCUS AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC WORKUP IS COMPLETE. OUR PROGRAMS ARE BUILT TO GET TO THE ROOT OF ISSUES AND TREAT EACH DISORDER IN A SAFE, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT. BELOW ARE SOME OF THE ISSUES WE DIAGNOSE AND TREAT: - ANXIETY PROBLEMS - ADDICTIVE ISSUES - CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS - DISORDERED EATING - MOOD PROBLEMS - OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER (OCD) - DISORDERED THINKING - MALADAPTIVE COPING SKILLS - FAMILY OR RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS - NEURODEVELOPMENTAL ISSUES - LEARNING DIFFERENCES OR PROBLEMS WITH SCHOOL DISORDER CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (CINCINNATI CHILDREN"S) HOSPITALIZATION SERVICES FOR ADOLESCENTS: CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S AT LCOH, CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S LEASES A 16 BED UNIT TO CARE FOR ADOLESCENTS AGE 12-17.

    Expenses $17,833,154 · Revenue $34,230,791

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.

  • Anne Kereiakes

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Cory Shaw

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Frances R Lindner

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Greg Harmeyer

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Gregory Postel MD

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • J Scott Robertson

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • John C Byrd MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Jon Zipperstein

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • L Thomas Hiltz Esq

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Pamela D Sibcy

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • S CRAIG LINDNER

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3

  • Sandra Amoils MD

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • Suzette FISHER

    Trustee

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • William P Butler

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.3

  • DANIELLE JOHNSON MD

    Chief Medical Officer

    Total calculated
    $410,799
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $372,374
    Other
    $38,425
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $371,960 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $414 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $20,496 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $17,929 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $410,799 related

  • Jan Marhefka

    Chief Nursing Officer

    Total calculated
    $221,559
    From this org
    $184,144
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $37,415
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $183,425
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $719
    Deferred
    $17,614
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,801
    Filer's total
    $221,559

  • Laura Nixon CPA

    Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

    Total calculated
    $315,276
    From this org
    $294,221
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $21,055
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $290,423
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $3,798
    Deferred
    $10,633
    Nontaxable benefits
    $10,422
    Filer's total
    $315,276

  • Michael Groat PhD

    President and CEO - Term start 9/1/2024

    Total calculated
    $311,883
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $278,541
    Other
    $33,342
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $278,012 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $529 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $33,342 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $311,883 related

  • PAUL CROSBY MD MBA

    President and CEO - term ended 9/1/24

    Total calculated
    $593,538
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $562,734
    Other
    $30,804
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $562,320 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $414 related
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $30,804 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $593,538 related

  • JENNIFER M PIERSON

    Senior Director, Marketing

    Total calculated
    $186,481
    From this org
    $160,060
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $26,421
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $159,338
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $722
    Deferred
    $6,620
    Nontaxable benefits
    $19,801
    Filer's total
    $186,481

  • MARY R ALEXANDER

    Senior Director of Development

    Total calculated
    $148,307
    From this org
    $133,445
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $14,862
    Hours/week
    45

  • MICHELLE HAGOOD

    Liason PR/Marketing

    Total calculated
    $149,878
    From this org
    $122,846
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,032
    Hours/week
    45

  • RODERICK ELMORE

    Director Nursing

    Total calculated
    $140,293
    From this org
    $124,806
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,487
    Hours/week
    45

  • THOMAS A PARKER

    Coordinator National External Relations

    Total calculated
    $256,706
    From this org
    $225,629
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $31,077
    Hours/week
    45

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $223,183
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $2,446
    Deferred
    $9,191
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,886
    Filer's total
    $256,706

  • PAUL E Keck Jr MD

    Former President and CEO / Current Psychiatrist-In-Chief

    Total calculated
    $554,321
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $512,376
    Other
    $41,945
    Hours/week
    45 + 5 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $510,809 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0 + $1,567 related
    Deferred
    $0 + $26,000 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $15,945 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $554,321 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
    $43,200,473
    Expenses
    $31,387,773
    Contributions
    $5,925,579
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $39,190,810
    Expenses
    $29,953,897
    Contributions
    $4,515,606
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $43,065,266
    Expenses
    $29,889,102
    Contributions
    $9,023,193
    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

  • 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
    $48,920,449
    Expenses
    $29,162,989
    Assets (EOY)
    $132,089,765

  • 2021 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $35,789,438
    Expenses
    $27,779,553
    Assets (EOY)
    $140,085,591

  • 2020 · 990-T

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    not reported
    Assets (EOY)
    not reported

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,397,924
    Expenses
    $27,907,447
    Assets (EOY)
    $123,190,574

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,502,086
    Expenses
    $28,592,581
    Assets (EOY)
    $121,985,400

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $80,464,396
    Expenses
    $26,094,197
    Assets (EOY)
    $119,284,973

  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $29,276,766
    Expenses
    $24,280,807
    Assets (EOY)
    $64,161,662

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

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 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.