KATIE TEETS BRADSHAW COMFORT HOUSE

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $194K · expenses $76K · assets $889K

EIN
87-1425830
Address
686 CEDAR GROVE RD, WINCHESTER, VA 22603-3000
Website
WWW.KATIESCOMFORTHOUSE.COM
NTEE code
P40
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
February 2022 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exemption revoked May 15, 2024 for not filing a return three years in a row (automatic revocation; posted August 12, 2024) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

THE MISSION OF THE KATIE TEETS BRADSHAW COMFORT HOUSE IS A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN SPEND THEIR LAST MOMENTS WITH THEIR LOVED ONES IN A PRIVATE SETTING WITH ALL THE ACCOMODATIONS THAT MAKE A HOUSE FEEL LIKE A HOME.

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

1 person paid across every filing: current people first, then by total pay from this organization. Organizations counts every nonprofit each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsLatest year payTotal pay from hereOrganizations
Brandon Teets COMMUNITY COORDINATOR2022-2025 $50,000$166,667 1

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

22 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Julie Teets CEO2021-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Jeff Webber VICE PRESIDENT2021-2025 2 $0 reported 1
Sandy Strickler SECRETARY2022-2025 2 $0 reported 1
David Ritter DIRECTOR2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Michael Teets DIRECTOR2021-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Tim Heishman DIRECTOR2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Sherrie Bloomfield DIRECTOR2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Jim Johnson DIRECTOR2022-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Matt Wygal DIRECTOR2024-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Alyson Humphreys DIRECTOR2023-2025 1 $0 reported 1
Kyle Warren TREASURER2025 2 $0 reported 1
Suzett Neff DIRECTOR2025 1 $0 reported 1
Mark Neff DIRECTOR2025 1 $0 reported 1
Richie Molden (former) PRESIDENT2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Jan Kerns (former) TREASURER2021-2024 2 $0 reported 1
Christy Rivers (former) DIRECTOR2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Shannon Triplett (former) DIRECTOR2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Lisa Wilt (former) DIRECTOR2021-2024 1 $0 reported 1
Lara Lawson (former) DIRECTOR2021-2023 1 $0 reported 1
Jonathan Lemley (former) DIRECTOR2021-2022 1 $0 reported 1
Beth Brown (former) SECRETARY2021 2 $0 reported 1
Tom Willis (former) DIRECTOR2021 1 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 14 people listed · 1 paid, $50K · 0 employees · 13 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRANDON TEETS COMMUNITY COORDINATOR40 $50,000$0$0 $50,0001
JULIE TEETS CEO2 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WEBBER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
KYLE WARREN TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
SANDY STRICKLER SECRETARY2 $0$0$0 $01
ALYSON HUMPHREYS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SUZETT NEFF DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID RITTER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JIM JOHNSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MATT WYGAL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MICHAEL TEETS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MARK NEFF DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SHERRIE BLOOMFIELD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TIM HEISHMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 16 people listed · 1 paid, $50K · 0 employees · 15 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRANDON TEETS COMMUNITY COORDINATOR40 $50,000$0$0 $50,0001
JULIE TEETS CEO2 $0$0$0 $01
RICHIE MOLDEN PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WEBBER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
JAN KERNS TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
SANDY STRICKLER SECRETARY2 $0$0$0 $01
MATT WYGAL DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
ALYSON HUMPHREYS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID RITTER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
CHRISTY RIVERS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MICHAEL TEETS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SHANNON TRIPLETT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TIM HEISHMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
LISA WILT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SHERRIE BLOOMFIELD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JIM JOHNSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 16 people listed · 1 paid, $50K · 0 employees · 15 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRANDON TEETS COMMUNITY COORDINATOR40 $50,000$0$0 $50,0001
JULIE TEETS CEO2 $0$0$0 $01
RICHIE MOLDEN PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WEBBER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
JAN KERNS TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
SANDY STRICKLER SECRETARY2 $0$0$0 $01
LARA LAWSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
ALYSON HUMPHREYS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID RITTER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
CHRISTY RIVERS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MICHAEL TEETS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SHANNON TRIPLETT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TIM HEISHMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
LISA WILT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SHERRIE BLOOMFIELD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JIM JOHNSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 16 people listed · 1 paid, $17K · 0 employees · 13 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
BRANDON TEETS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR40 $16,667$0$0 $16,6671
JULIE TEETS CEO2 $0$0$0 $01
RICHIE MOLDEN PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WEBBER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
JAN KERNS TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
SANDY STRICKLER SECRETARY2 $0$0$0 $01
LARA LAWSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JONATHAN LEMLEY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID RITTER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
CHRISTY RIVERS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MICHAEL TEETS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SHANNON TRIPLETT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TIM HEISHMAN DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
LISA WILT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SHERRIE BLOOMFIELD DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JIM JOHNSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 13 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 13 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
JULIE TEETS CEO2 $0$0$0 $01
RICHIE MOLDEN PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
JEFF WEBBER VICE PRESIDENT2 $0$0$0 $01
JAN KERNS TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
BETH BROWN SECRETARY2 $0$0$0 $01
LARA LAWSON DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
JONATHAN LEMLEY DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
DAVID RITTER DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
CHRISTY RIVERS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
MICHAEL TEETS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
SHANNON TRIPLETT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
TOM WILLIS DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01
LISA WILT DIRECTOR1 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$193,548$76,359 $888,847$888,847 $97,562$0 $50,000013
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$198,326$67,473 $771,658$771,658 $121,027$0 $50,000015
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$290,655$62,382 $640,805$640,805 $173,827$0 $50,000015
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$242,062$46,119 $412,532$412,532 $140,558$0 $16,667013
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$225,742$9,153 $216,589$216,589 $136,713$0 $0013

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $6,250 in all, tax years 2021 to 2025. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
BRANDT FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “KATIE TEETS BRADSHAW COMFORT HOUSE” 2021 1$5,000 2021$5,000
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BANK OF CLARKE COUNTY FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “KATIE TEETS BRADSHAW COMFORT HOUSE” 2025 1$1,250 2025$1,250
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Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $76,359 spent · pay $50,000 · grants $0 · events $44,391
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $50,000$50,000-- 65.5%
Fees: investment management $7,035-$7,035- 9.2%
Fees: accounting $6,100-$6,100- 8.0%
Other (as described)HOUSE PLANS $4,194$4,194-- 5.5%
Insurance $4,049$4,049-- 5.3%
Office expenses $2,340-$2,340- 3.1%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $1,212$1,212-- 1.6%
Other (as described)BNI YEARLY $949$949-- 1.2%
Fees: legal $225-$225- 0.3%
Other (as described)TAXES $219$219-- 0.3%
All other expenses $36$36-- 0.0%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $81,593$44,391reported apart
Total$76,359100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $67,473 spent · pay $50,000 · grants $0 · events $34,575
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $50,000$50,000-- 74.1%
Fees: investment management $5,375-$5,375- 8.0%
Insurance $3,641$3,641-- 5.4%
Fees: legal $3,142-$3,142- 4.7%
Fees: accounting $2,000-$2,000- 3.0%
Office expenses $1,453-$1,453- 2.2%
Other (as described)TAXES $819$819-- 1.2%
Other (as described)TRAILER EXPENSES $783$783-- 1.2%
Other (as described)BANK AND PAYMENT CARD F $154-$154- 0.2%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $106$106-- 0.2%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $73,048$34,575reported apart
Total$67,473100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $62,382 spent · pay $50,000 · grants $0 · events $34,176
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $50,000$50,000-- 80.2%
Insurance $4,328$4,328-- 6.9%
Fees: investment management $3,291-$3,291- 5.3%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $1,110$1,110-- 1.8%
Other (as described)BANK AND PAYMENT CARD F $911-$911- 1.5%
Office expenses $856-$856- 1.4%
Other (as described)TRAILER EXPENSES $773$773-- 1.2%
All other expenses $578$578-- 0.9%
Other (as described)WEBSITE FEE $368$368-- 0.6%
Travel $167$167-- 0.3%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $141,689$34,176reported apart
Total$62,382100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $46,119 spent · pay $16,667 · grants $0 · events $70,126
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Pay: officers, directors, trustees, key employees $16,667$16,667-- 36.1%
Other (as described)TRAILER EXPENSES $15,935$15,935-- 34.6%
Insurance $3,538$3,538-- 7.7%
Office expenses $3,361-$3,361- 7.3%
Fees: investment management $1,832-$1,832- 4.0%
Other (as described)BANK AND PAYMENT CARD F $1,602-$1,602- 3.5%
Other (as described)WEBSITE FEE $1,558$1,558-- 3.4%
Advertising and promotion $780$780-- 1.7%
All other expenses $369$369-- 0.8%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $266$266-- 0.6%
Travel $186$186-- 0.4%
Fees: legal $25-$25- 0.1%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $163,525$70,126reported apart
Total$46,119100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $9,153 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $34,609
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Other (as described)SUPPLIES $6,986$6,986-- 76.3%
Other (as described)MISCELLANEOUS $900$900-- 9.8%
Other (as described)BANK AND PAYMENT CARD F $664-$664- 7.3%
Other (as described)WEBSITE FEE $546$546-- 6.0%
All other expenses $57$57-- 0.6%
Fundraising events Eventdirect expenses; gross income $123,014$34,609reported apart
Total$9,153100%

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