EIN 37-0673515

Spero Family Services

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(3)
Num. employees
241
City
Mount Vernon
Year formed
1949
Most recent tax filings
2023-06-01
Description
The United Methodist Children's Home strives for excellence in helping individuals, families, and communities grow through services provided in a safe nurturing environment of trust and open communication.
Also known as...
The United Methodist Childrens Home of Southern Illinois; United Methodist Childrens Home of Southern Illinois
Total revenues
$12,185,817
2023
Total expenses
$11,780,146
2023
Total assets
$8,893,060
2023
Num. employees
241
2023

Program areas at Spero Family Services

The qualified residential treatment program promotes healing and provides a compassionate environment with the support of caring people. Youth are cared for and supervised by a multi-disciplinary treatment team that includes therapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses (certified in mental health), case managers and other trained para-professional staff. A consulting psychologist is also available. This program serves 12 youth (males and females) and places them in youth homes on a 25 acre campus. Youth in the program range from 12 to 18 years of age. Spero Family Services consistently strives for excellence as they seek to help youth and families grow through Services provided in a nurturing environment of trust and open communication.
The rap immersion site program provides intensive community-based Services and support through team facilitation and service coordination to families involved in department of children and Family Services intact or reunification Services.
The bright start program is a daycare center that is licensed for 122 youth ages infant through 5. Approximately 50% of the families are low income and their fees are subsidized by the project child grant.
The group home program promotes healing and provides a compassionate environment with the support of caring people. Youth are cared for and supervised by a multi-disciplinary treatment team that includes therapists, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurses (certified in mental health), case managers and other trained para-professional staff. A consulting psychologist is also available. This program serves 8 youth (males and females) and places them in youth homes on a 25 acre campus. Youth in the program range from 12 to 18 years of age. Spero Family Services consistently strives for excellence as they seek to help youth and families grow through Services provided in a nurturing environment of trust and open communication.
The independent living program is a department of children and Family Services program that assists successful transitional living program youth in achieving independence by moving the youth into a community based apartment and out of the on-campus housing.
The traditional foster care program allows Spero Family Services to oversee department of Family and children Services cases when youth are placed in a licensed foster care home or in a home of a relative or fictive kin.
The specialized foster care program allows Spero Family Services to place youth in a licensed foster care home which provides a loving and structured home for hte youth.
The transitional living program is for youth ages 17 1/2 to 21 years of age who live on campus while continuing their education, gaining employment and developing life skills to live independently.
The adolescent foster care program allows Spero Family Services to place youth in a licensed foster care home which provides a loving and structured home for the youth.
The flex funds cash assistance program is a fiscal agent program. Spero Family Services is the fiscal agent and receives an administrative fee for the Services provided.
The parents as teachers program provides an avidence-based approach to building strong families and communities. It also matches parents and caregivers with trained parent educators who make regular personal home visits during a child's earliest years from prenatal to 3 years old.
The youthbuild program helps high school dropouts who are unemployed or live in low-income households obtain their ged and provide them with the skills to get a job or obtain post-secondary education.
Spero counsling and wellness provides outpatient counseling and training Services to individuals, families and groups of all ages on a fee for service basis.
The mental health juvenile justice program helps youth who are involved with the juvenile justice system or are at risk of involvement in juvenile justice through mentoring and connection to referral sources in an attempt to minimize involvement or re-involvement in the justice system.
The in-home intensive Services program provides intensive in-home crisis intervention, counseling, and life skills education for families who have children at imminent risk of placement in the child welfare or juvenile justice systems.
The nurturing parent Family first program is an extension of the nurturing parent legacy program which is a preventative program that provides in-home counseling to at-risk families who have youth with social and/or emotional needs.
The nurtuing parent legacy program provides in-home counseling to at-risk families who have youth with social and/or emotional needs.
Family foundations is a preventative program that provides in-home counseling to at-risk families who have youth with social and/or emotional needs.

Who funds Spero Family Services

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
Start EarlyComm Based Family Services$856,027
Strnadjiral Charitable Foundation XXXXX4009General$40,000
Collins and Thelma Posey FoundationUnrestricted General$31,217
...and 4 more grants received

Personnel at Spero Family Services

NameTitleCompensation
Joe BenardChief Executive Officer$122,722
Jennifer KujawaDirector of Accounting
Joe BernardPast Chief Executive Officer / Chief Financial Officer / Vice President of Administrative Services$96,700
John ShadowensFormer Chief Executive Officer / Chief Executive Officer and President$112,794
Doug HoffmanChairperson$0
...and 8 more key personnel

Financials for Spero Family Services

RevenuesFYE 06/2023
Total grants, contributions, etc.$11,489,618
Program services$551,521
Investment income and dividends$27,850
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$31,704
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$-3,673
Net income from fundraising events$46,485
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$42,312
Total revenues$12,185,817

Form 990s for Spero Family Services

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2023-062024-03-27990View PDF
2022-062023-04-05990View PDF
2021-062022-02-17990View PDF
2020-062021-04-12990View PDF
2019-062020-08-27990View PDF
...and 9 more Form 990s

Organizations like Spero Family Services

OrganizationLocationRevenue
Georgia Sheriffs' Youth HomesMadison, GA$5,705,553
Sunrise Children's ServicesMT Washington, KY$25,109,795
Good Will Hinckley (GWH)Hinckley, ME$6,591,626
Perseus HouseErie, PA$12,606,827
Wedgwood Christian ServicesGrand Rapids, MI$24,133,395
Evangelical Children's Home (ECH)Saint Louis, MO$12,446,251
Whaley Children's CenterFlint, MI$7,356,702
Grace Place for Children and FamiliesNaples, FL$7,615,618
AndrusYonkers, NY$49,016,649
Children's Home of Wyoming ConferenceBinghamton, NY$41,249,629
Data update history
May 20, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2023
May 19, 2024
Updated personnel
Identified 3 new personnel
May 18, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
May 18, 2024
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $40,000 from Strnadjiral Charitable Foundation XXXXX4009
April 19, 2024
Used new vendors
Identified 1 new vendor, including
Nonprofit Types
SchoolsHuman service organizationsYouth service charitiesCharities
Issues
Human servicesChildren
Characteristics
Fundraising eventsState / local levelReceives government fundingEndowed supportFundraising races, competitions, and tournamentsTax deductible donationsAccepts online donations
General information
Address
2023 Richview Rd
Mount Vernon, IL 62864
County
Jefferson County, IL
Website URL
sperofs.org/ 
Phone
(618) 242-1070
Facebook page
umchome 
IRS details
EIN
37-0673515
Fiscal year end
June
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1949
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
Yes
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
P70: Residential, Custodial Care (Group Home)
NAICS code, primary
624110: Child and Youth Services
Parent/child status
Independent
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