Windwood Farm Home for Children Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
Providing help, hope, and healing through behavioral, educational, and therapeutic interventions which enhance social functioning and well-being, ensure safety, and work to achieve positive permanency for children and families in our community.
- Income
- $6.8 million
- Spending
- $6.7 million
- Spent on programs
- 84%
- Reserves
- 3.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 77%
- Employees
- 88
- Volunteers
- 400
- Highest pay
- $136,069, ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Good: 80 out of 100. Higher than 69% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 3.3 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 6% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 2% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 8% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1584% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 26 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 69% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 2513 of 13 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (3)
- $2.7 million spent. Our psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF): care in our PRTF setting is required when the youth's medical condition, safety, or health would be significantly and directly threatened if care was provided in a less intensive setting. This program opened in May 2010 and is provided on our 110-acre campus. We take a holistic approach to treatment; we believe that youth must continue to engage in normal developmental activities and enrichment along with the therapeutic interventions provided. Education services, medical care, and a healthy nutrition program are included during their placement with us. Nursing staff, licensed therapists, behavior interventionists, and direct care staff are on staff 24 hours a day. The primary goal of this program is to prepare the youth and (Continued Sch. O)family for his return to home and community. The youth's underlying behavioral problems must be addressed in order to accomplish this goal, and therapeutic interventions must target the behaviors and symptoms that have limited the youth's successes. Service planning and programming, including therapeutic strategies and provision of active treatment are focused on teaching youth how to successfully function in the context of the setting to which they will be returning- their home. Transitions from PRTF must be designed to provide the youth's families with sufficient referrals and resources to feel confident about meeting the challenges at home. These resources should include home and community-based supports (formal and informal) that can adequately address their and their child's needs, including any familial and community safety supports. This program is s accredited by COA, a national accrediting entity. We provide this service to 12 boys ages 6-16. We completed a building renovation and have petitioned the state for a license to serve four additional youth in this program. Children in SCDSS custody and those who are in the custody of family member or fictive kin receive treatment in this program. Charleston County School District provides educational services. SC Medicaid is the only insurer for this program
- $2.3 million spent. Our qualified residential treatment program (QRTP): our group home program has operated since Windwood opened its doors in 1985. A QRTP is new enhanced form of group care; it is a high-quality treatment setting. This program focuses its services on children who are currently in our state's child welfare custody. This is an environment that is designed to be treatment-focused and short term; that provides access to 24-hour nursing and clinical staff; that provides at least six-months of family focused aftercare. This program is accredited by COA, a national accrediting entity. As part of the initial 30-day assessment our clinical team is required to convene a meeting of family members and others with significant relationships with the child in order to gain (continued Sch. O)their perspective on the needs of the child and the appropriateness of the placement in a QRTP. A review of the youth's placement by the court must occur by day 60. Reunification with the youth's family is priority one. This program facilitates family participation in the child's treatment program (if in the child's best interest); it facilitates family outreach, documents how this outreach is made, and maintains contact information for any known birth family and fictive kin of the child; and documents how the child's family is integrated into the child's treatment, including post discharge, and how sibling connections are maintained. We provide this service to ten boys ages 6-16.
- $583,855 spent. Family Resource Connection and Preservation Services (FRCPS) is a community-based, multi-faceted family program designed to assist with the needs of children, youth, and caregivers. The overarching goal of the program is to prevent out-of-home placement and the need for further child welfare system involvement. FRCPS operates within a strengths-based, family-centered perspective and combines individualized family interventions with service management activities. FRCPS identifies and ensures that all needs are addressed so that the family has the best chance of success in maintaining safety, stability, and wellbeing. It has demonstrated efficacy in assisting caregivers with meeting the basic needs of their children and preventing neglect and abuse. (Continued on Sch. O)FRCPS services are provided by Family Resource Specialists. The Specialists' responsibilities extend beyond service management tasks. They provide support and referral services to family members in the home, school, and community. Staff work non-traditional hours, including evenings, weekends, and holidays to ensure that family schedules are accommodated.Because of Windwood Family Services, more than 5,000 local children have been able to stay with their families, instead of protective custody, over the past decade.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated November 6, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since February 1986.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated November 4, 2026.
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