Illinois · Nonprofit
SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC
SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $880,381 to it, the largest being ADVANCED RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION NFP ($378,061). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $4.5M
- Funders on record
- 5
- Grants received
- $880k
- Net assets
- $4.4M
What Serenity House Counseling Services Inc does
Mission
Serenity house provides treatment services for substance use disorders to all individuals and families who are recovering from substance use disorders by helping to develop the skills necessary to rebuild families, strengthen relationships, and become productive members of the community.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2024 return the organization reported starting a significant new program.
Three significant new grants: 1. Samhsa - grant to help fund drug court clients and their fees at serenity house - 90-180 of fees are paid for by the grant. $400,000 max in year one of a five year grant. 2. Dupage foundation grant - funds a nurse practitioner and recovery coach to evaluate serenity house clients and community residents, three mental health evaluations - one year grant. 3. Addison township mental health grant - funded a drama therapy group, servicing addison township residents. This program funds a director and recovery coach, committed to five drama therapy presentations throughout the year - one year grant.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 2).
Men's residential program - the purpose of the men's residential program is to provide a highly structured environment for men focused on recovery from chemical dependencies. It is a 90 day program that requires clients to find employment, develop relapse prevention skills and increase their support network. Clients attend groups three times per week and an individual session once per week.
$2,029,437 spent$670,563 earned by the program65% of program spendingWomen's residential program - the purpose of this program is to provide a highly structured environment for women focused on recovery from chemical dependencies. It is a 90 day program that requires clients to find employment, develop relapse prevention skills and increase their support network. Clients attend groups three times per week and an individual session once per week.
$669,710 spent$221,284 earned by the program21% of program spendingOutpatient after-care program - the purpose of this program is to provide treatments for clients that are experiencing substance abuse and chemical dependency problems. Services offered in outpatient include group and individual counseling sessions, family education night, alcohol/drug assessments and services for clients arrested for dui.
$303,852 spent$100,398 earned by the program10% of program spendingDupage rosc will collaborate to build and empower communities of recovery, helping people of all ages to overcome life's challenges and achieve goals through personalized behavioral health and services. We will develop a sustainable rosc council comprised of persons with lived experience and their allies in the community to reduce stigma associated with substance use and co-occurring disorders, dispel fear and enhance the love of self and others through education.
$64,725 spent$21,386 earned by the program2% of program spendingDupage rco (recovery community organization) is led by local people in recovery and their allies. Allies may themselves be people in long-term recovery, their families, and friends, recovery-focused professionals or simply concerned citizens with an interest in providing support. Simply put, dupage rco is an organization for people in recovery, by people in recovery. Our work is grassroots and reflective of the community we serve.
$64,725 spent$21,386 earned by the program2% of program spending
The 5 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $3,132,449.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2022 to 2023, from $2.6M to $8.0M (+207%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 35% · 2018 32% · 2019 33% · 2020 42% · 2021 44% · 2022 52% · 2023 65% · 2024 47% · 2025 64%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
76% of SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Mark Buschbacher
Executive director
Board chair
Anton Engelmann
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 3 funders to 4 funders, grant income rose $39k → $58k.
2 of 5 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 43% of grant income and the top three 83%; half comes from just 2 funders.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 2 funders to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 75% · 2018 78% · 2019 78% · 2020 57% · 2021 100% · 2022 100% · 2023 43% — diversifying over time.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC's grant income comes from Illinois funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $286k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 4,665 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 4,665 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Government funding SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.2M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$1.2M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Illinois
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
92%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC?
- SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC (Illinois) receives grants from 5 organizations whose IRS filings report $880,381 to it, the largest being ADVANCED RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION NFP ($378,061). 5 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC have?
- IRS filings report 5 organizations giving $880,381 in grants to SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC, 5 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC?
- ADVANCED RESOURCE RECOVERY CORPORATION NFP is the largest funder on record, with $378,061 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like SERENITY HOUSE COUNSELING SERVICES INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Illinois. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 5 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing