Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Springfield, MO EIN: 43-1602701

To improve the health of our community by providing high quality, accessible medical, dental and behavioral health services to springfield, Missouri, and the surrounding area.

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc at a glance

In short: Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc gave $32K across 3 grants in 2025 (avg $11K), mostly in Missouri. Source: 2025 IRS Form 990.

Annual giving (2025)
$32,318
-99.4% vs 2024
Grants made (2025)
3
+50.0% vs 2024
Average grant
$10,773
-99.6% vs 2024
Median grant
$8,809
Total assets
$141,932,387
+3.9% vs 2024
Primary geography
Missouri (79% of itemized 2025 grant dollars)
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

Data from IRS Form 990, 2025; updated September 2026.

Who Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Top Recipients

Top 3 recipients in 2025

Lester E Cox Medical Center: $17KLester E Cox Medical Center$17KPhysicians for Breast Health: $9KPhysicians for Breast Health$9KMercy Hospital: $7KMercy Hospital$7K

The largest 2025 recipient was Lester E Cox Medical Center ($17K). Together the top 3 received $32K.

Grant Size Distribution

11 grants across all recorded years

10<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K$500K–1M1$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was under $50K: 10 grants of 11 (91%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

2states

Share of 2025 grant dollars across all 3 itemized grants.

Cities

SpringfieldChicagoLebanon

How Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc gives

  • Giving grew 25% from 2022 to 2025. Method

From the foundation's IRS Form 990 filings. Methodology.

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$2M$4M$6M2 grants2019 2 grants2020 2 grants2021 2 grants2022 2 grants2023 2 grants2024 3 grants2025

From 2019 to 2025, annual grant giving ranged from $23K (2023) to $5.0M (2024). In 2025 it made 3 grants totaling $32K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Lester E Cox Medical Center Springfield, MOPass-Thru Grant$16,736
Physicians for Breast Health Springfield, MOPass-Thru Grant$8,809
Mercy Hospital Chicago, ILPass-Thru Grant$6,773
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Financial History

Multi-year comparison from IRS filings

Figures from IRS filings, by filing year
Filing yearTotal AssetsRevenueExpensesGrants paidGrantsNet Investment Income
2025$141,932,387$108,591,088$102,555,778$32,3183$4,066,855
2024$136,544,593$104,197,389$91,597,578$5,000,3462$3,913,946
2023$115,511,864$89,744,495$74,226,513$22,6372$740,400
2022$98,458,435$87,063,482$64,530,214$25,8382$64,219
2021$83,140,313$67,104,764$60,983,868$48,7782$85,601
2020$82,876,360$60,801,210$58,691,733$78,1852$634,409
2019$78,647,716$55,199,142$52,832,964$88,0102$886,357

About Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc

Based on IRS filings

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Springfield, MO. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $141.9M in total assets. In 2025, it awarded 3 grants totaling $32K. Net investment income was $4.1M.

Focus Areas

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc is led by K. Brooks Miller, President & CEO on every filing since 2019; 19 of 31 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • K. Brooks Miller

    President & CEO

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $315K (2019) → $480K (2025)

  • Matthew Stinson

    President & CEO

    Yp of Med & Behavioral Healt → Vice President of Med & Behavior Health, 2022

    Vice President of Med & Behavior Health → President & CEO, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $285K (2019) → $463K (2025)

  • Mike Schnake

    Board Chair

    Secretary & Treasurer → Board Vice Chair, 2020

    Board Vice Chair → Board Chair, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Chan Reyes

    Medical Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $237K (2019) → $321K (2025)

  • Clint Strong

    Medical Director

    Physician → Medical Director, 2024

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $232K (2019) → $333K (2025)

  • Derek Smith

    Dental Director

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $255K (2019) → $326K (2025)

  • Autumn Clark

    Medical Director

    Psychiatrist → Medical Director, 2024

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $250K (2020) → $330K (2025)

  • Lisa McEvoy

    Dental Director

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $234K (2023) → $289K (2025)

  • Shannon White

    Clinical Integration Director

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $316K (2023) → $376K (2025)

  • Ashley Popejoy

    Chief Dental Officer

    Pediatric Dental Director → Pedi Dental Director, 2023

    Pedi Dental Director → Chief Dental Officer, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $331K (2019) → $417K (2025)

  • Rafael Santiago

    Physician

    Physician → Chief Clinical Director, 2023

    Chief Clinical Director → Physician, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    40 hrs/week

    $254K (2019) → $297K (2025)

  • Nicholas Pfannenstiel

    Executive Vice President & COO

    Vice President of Oral Health → Executive Vice President & COO, 2025

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $335K (2020) → $465K (2025)

  • Giovanni Safdari

    Oral Surgeon

    On filings since 2021

    24 hrs/week

    $371K (2021) → $674K (2025)

  • Andrew Benbow

    Physician

    On filings since 2023

    40 hrs/week

    $288K (2023) → $295K (2025)

  • Melissa Wehner

    Vice President & Operations

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $177K (2024) → $196K (2025)

  • Todd H'doubler

    Dentist

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $211K (2024) → $299K (2025)

  • Yadira Howe

    Executive Vice President & CFO

    Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer → Executive Vice President & CFO, 2025

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $266K (2024) → $321K (2025)

  • Zachary Jarrett

    Dentist

    On filings since 2024

    40 hrs/week

    $241K (2024) → $296K (2025)

  • Jessica Charite

    Pediatric Dentist

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $310K (2025)

  • Ryan Kruger

    Vice President & Operations

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $241K (2025)

  • Carol Dehaven Janick

    Board Member

    Board Member → Board Secretary & Treasurer, 2020

    Board Secretary & Treasurer → Board Member, 2022

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kyle McClure

    Board Member

    Member at Large → Board Member at Large, 2020

    Board Member at Large → Board Member, 2025

    On filings since 2019

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Dick Hardy

    Board Vice Chair

    Board Member Begin → Board Member, 2021

    Board Member → Board Vice Chair, 2022

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kevin Gipson

    Board Member

    Board Member Begin → Board Member, 2021

    On filings since 2020

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mendie Schoeller

    Board Treasurer

    Board Member → Board Treasurer, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Trey Peck

    Board Member

    Board Member Begin → Board Member, 2022

    On filings since 2021

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Amy Poe

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jeff Davis

    Board Member

    On filings since 2022

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Phil Brown

    Secretary & Treasurer

    Board Member → Secretary & Treasurer, 2025

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Rita Gurian

    Board Member

    On filings since 2023

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

  • Tiffany Nichols

    Board Member

    New on the 2025 filing

    1 hr/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (17)
  • Former: John Twitty (2019–2024) — Board Member
  • Former: Gabrielle Curtis (2024) — Physician
  • Former: Kaitlin Bowman (2022–2023) — Pediatric Dentist
  • Former: Christa Moss (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Leslie Peck (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Patricia Hamman (2019–2021) — Board Member
  • Former: Salvador Ceniceros (2019–2021) — Psychiatrist
  • Former: Bob Hammerschmidt (2019–2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Elizabeth Rogers (2020) — Dental Director
  • Former: Mendie Schoeller Begin (2020) — Board Member
  • Former: Harold Bengsch (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Jean Moore (2019) — Pediatrician
  • Former: Jeff Groves (2019) — Board Member
  • Former: Nick Pfannenstiel (2019) — Vice President of Oral Health
  • Former: Rendi Pfannenstiel (2019) — Dentist
  • Former: Rhonda Ridinger (2019) — Member at Large
  • Former: Robert Niezgoda (2019) — Board Member

Data from IRS Form 990 filings, 2019–2025. "On filings since" is the earliest filing we hold that lists the person; hours are average hours per week as reported.

Compensation Overview

From 2025 IRS filing

Giovanni Safdari — Oral Surgeon: $674KGiovanni SafdariOral Surgeon$674KK Brooks Miller — President/CEO End 10/24: $480KK Brooks MillerPresident/CEO End 10/24$480KNicholas Pfannenstiel — Executive VP/COO: $465KNicholas PfannenstielExecutive VP/COO$465KMatthew Stinson — President/CEO: $463KMatthew StinsonPresident/CEO$463KAshley Popejoy — Chief Dental Officer: $417KAshley PopejoyChief Dental Officer$417KShannon White — Clinical Integration Director: $376KShannon WhiteClinical Integration Director$376KClint Strong — Medical Director: $333KClint StrongMedical Director$333KAutumn Clark — Medical Director: $330KAutumn ClarkMedical Director$330KDerek Smith — Dental Director: $326KDerek SmithDental Director$326KChan Reyes — Medical Director: $321KChan ReyesMedical Director$321KYadira Howe — Executive VP/CFO: $321KYadira HoweExecutive VP/CFO$321KJessica Charite — Pediatric Dentist: $310KJessica CharitePediatric Dentist$310KTodd H'doubler — Dentist: $299KTodd H'doublerDentist$299KRafael Santiago — Physician: $297KRafael SantiagoPhysician$297KZachary Jarrett — Dentist: $296KZachary JarrettDentist$296KAndrew Benbow — Physician: $295KAndrew BenbowPhysician$295KLisa McEvoy — Dental Director: $289KLisa McEvoyDental Director$289KRyan Kruger — VP, Operations: $241KRyan KrugerVP, Operations$241KMelissa Wehner — VP, Operations: $196KMelissa WehnerVP, Operations$196K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $674K, to Giovanni Safdari (Oral Surgeon). 19 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc

How much does Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc give each year?

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc gave $32K across 3 grants in 2025, according to its 2025 IRS Form 990. In 2024 it gave $5.0M across 2 grants.

What is Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc's typical grant size?

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc's median grant in 2025 was $8,809, and its average grant was $10,773, across 3 grants on its 2025 IRS Form 990.

Where does Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc give grants?

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc gives mostly in Missouri: 79% of the grant dollars itemized on its 2025 IRS Form 990 went to recipients there. The next largest state was Illinois (21%). The most frequent recipient cities were Springfield, MO (2 grants).

Does Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc give general operating support?

Not in 2025: none of the 3 grants with a stated purpose on Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc's 2025 IRS Form 990 were described as general or operating support. Recurring purposes include "Pass-Thru Grant" (3 grants).

How large is Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc?

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc reported $141.9M in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $108.6M.

What is Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc?

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc is a public charity focused on Health, based in Springfield, MO. It holds $141.9M in total assets as of 2025.

What is Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc's EIN?

Advocates For a Healthy Community Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 43-1602701. IRS Form 990 filing data is available on this page for 2019–2025.

Data last updated September 2026. Sourced from IRS Form 990 filings.

Data update history

(7)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS April 14, 2020)
  2. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2020 (received by the IRS April 8, 2021)
  3. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2021 (received by the IRS April 15, 2022)
  4. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS April 18, 2023)
  5. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2023 (received by the IRS April 11, 2024)
  6. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2024 (received by the IRS March 18, 2025)
  7. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS April 9, 2026)

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