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Innovative Alternatives Inc

Public charity · Grantmaker Houston, TX EIN: 76-0284343 Website

The organizations mission is to support, educate and provide services to empower families living with the challenges of mental and relational health issues through mediation, counseling, training, and other services.

Innovative Alternatives Inc at a glance

Total assets
$652,131
-1.9% vs 2024
Revenue (2025)
$1,686,963
-1.9% vs 2024
Net investment income (2025)
$193
-50.1% vs 2024
Expenses (2025)
$1,695,154
+5.3% vs 2024
Latest 990 filing
Form 990, 2025 View filing

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

Who Innovative Alternatives Inc funds

How this funder distributes its grants

Grant Size Distribution

1 grant across all recorded years

<$50K$50–100K$100–250K$250–500K1$500K–1M$1–5M$5M+

The most common grant size was in the $500K–1M range: 1 grant of 1 (100%).

Geographic Focus

Where this funder awards grants

Grant Distribution by State

1state

States

Cities

Appleton

Giving History

Giving Over Time

Total grant dollars and number of grants per year

$0$200K$400K$600K0 grants2019 0 grants2020 0 grants2021 1 grant2022 0 grants2023 0 grants2024 0 grants2025

In 2022 it made 1 grant totaling $500K.

Grants by year

Grant recipients and amounts by year

RecipientPurposeAmount
Thrivent Charitable Appleton, WIHumanitarian$500,000
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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$652,131$1,686,963$1,695,154——$193
2024$665,036$1,719,643$1,609,257——$387
2023$754,548$1,735,028$1,785,816——$90
2022$776,938$1,813,712$2,360,830$500,0001$507
2021$847,050$2,303,168$1,945,908——$427
2020$354,431$1,516,953$1,616,696——$3
2019$200,534$1,809,534$1,789,289———

About Innovative Alternatives Inc

Based on IRS filings

Innovative Alternatives Inc is a public charity, based in Houston, TX. IRS filing data is available from 2019 through 2025. As of 2025, the organization holds $652K in total assets. Net investment income was $193.

Leadership & Key People

Officers and directors from IRS filings

Innovative Alternatives Inc is led by Donny Daughenbaugh, President on the 2025 filing; 2 of 12 officers listed in 2025 are compensated.

Officers on the 2025 filing

  • Donny Daughenbaugh

    President

    New on the 2025 filing

    40 hrs/week

    $15K (2025)

  • Dennis Stetzel

    Chairman

    Secretary → Chairman, 2020

    On filings since 2019

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Jay Coppock

    Chairman

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Debbie Corn

    Director of Finance

    On filings since 2020

    40 hrs/week

    $70K (2020) → $82K (2025)

  • Amber Cyr

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Sean Armistead

    Director

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Kristi Jeu

    Director

    On filings since 2024

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Derek Broussard

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Mike Romero

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Nathaniel Boye

    Director

    New on the 2025 filing

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Constance Austin

    Secretary

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

  • Stacy Dickson

    Treasurer

    On filings since 2021

    2 hrs/week

    No compensation reported

Former officers (9)
  • Former: Sharon Bayus (2019–2024) — President
  • Former: David Chimenti (2021–2023) — Director
  • Former: Becki Rogers (2019–2020) — Treasurer
  • Former: Kim Hegwood (2019–2020) — Director
  • Former: Emily T Krone (2020) — Director
  • Former: Jimmy Butcher (2020) — Director
  • Former: Cynthia Renaudo (2019) — Vice President Month Comptroller
  • Former: Ginny Wagner (2019) — Director
  • Former: Harry Black (2019) — Director

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

Debbie Corn — Director of Finance: $82KDebbie CornDirector of Finance$82KDonny Daughenbaugh — President (from 11/09): $15KDonny DaughenbaughPresident (from 11/09)$15K

The highest reported compensation on the 2025 filing was $82K, to Debbie Corn (Director of Finance). 2 officers or directors reported compensation on that filing.

Frequently asked questions about Innovative Alternatives Inc

How large is Innovative Alternatives Inc?

Innovative Alternatives Inc reported $652K in total assets on its 2025 IRS Form 990. Its revenue that year was $1.7M.

Where does Innovative Alternatives Inc operate?

Innovative Alternatives Inc has awarded grants in Wisconsin.

What is Innovative Alternatives Inc's EIN?

Innovative Alternatives Inc's EIN (Employer Identification Number) is 76-0284343. 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

(4)

When this profile's IRS filing data changed on Grantable

  1. Updated Form 990 for fiscal year 2022 (received by the IRS August 15, 2023)
  2. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2019 (received by the IRS August 17, 2020)
  3. Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2025 (received by the IRS July 28, 2026)
  4. IRS filings on file for fiscal years 2020–2024

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