Plea
Donations deductibleRevenue
$4m
year to 30 June 2025
Expenses
$4.7m
year to 30 June 2025
Total assets
$4.3m
$1.2m liabilities
Net assets
$3.1m
assets less liabilities
Directors and trustees
5
3.4 years on average
Staff
58
employees, year to 30 June 2025
Chair observed
≥1 yr
Rhea Fernandes
Left since last filing
0
no seats appear to have opened
Plea's network
5 people8 organisationsi5 people and 8 organisations on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (5). Violet dotted lines (8) are likely: the same full name sits on the current board of another organisation in the same register and region. Form 990 filings give names without a person identifier; SEC insider filings carry a CIK. It may be a different person.The board
5 listediTime on the board is observed from the annual filings: the IRS files no appointment date, so the bar counts years from the first filing the person appears on - a lower bound, not a filed start date. Names are exactly as filed. The IRS publishes no person identifier, so this edition does not yet link a person across organisations in the tables. The network map shows same-name matches as likely links only, never as confirmed.Time served and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed time served is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 5 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI, which matches the board listed here.| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea Fernandes Chair | Chair, Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jacalyn Auris | Trustee | 2024 | 2 yrs |
| Jonathan Fantazier | Secretary, Trustee | 2023 | 3 yrs |
| Robert Dunne | Treasurer | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Thomas Ryan | Trustee | 2019 | 7 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
9 listediNamed in Part VII as officers, key employees or highest-compensated staff - not board members, shown for completeness.| Name | Title as filed | On the filings |
|---|---|---|
| Aaron Libman | Clinical Director | since 2023 |
| Eric McKnight | Company secretary | since 2019 |
| Gretchen Kelly | Executive Director | since 2023 |
| Jan McMahon | Vice President | since 2019 |
| Joseph Lombardo | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Laquita Berry | Assistant Secretary | since 2024 |
| Mary Kay Yarchak | President | since 2019 |
| Robert Anderson | Finance Director | 2023 |
| Robert Dunne | Treasurer | 2024 |
Pay and hours
year to 30 June 2025iFrom Part VII of the Form 990: compensation reported for each officer, director, trustee, key employee and highest-paid staff member, and the average hours a week they report. Most board members are unpaid; a blank means nothing was reported. Pay from related organisations is shown separately.| Name | Title as filed | Hours a week | Pay from the organisation | Related organisations | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gretchen Kelly | Executive Director | 50 | $145k | $17k | |
| Aaron Libman | Clinical Director | 50 | $113k | $16k | |
| LaQuita Berry | Assistant Secretary | 40 | $45k | $2k | |
| Rhea Fernandes | Chair, Trustee | 2 | $0 | $559k | $67k |
| Robert Dunne | Treasurer | 2 | $0 | $484k | $35k |
| Jacalyn Auris | Trustee | 2 | $0 | $284k | $13k |
| Jonathan Fantazier | Secretary, Trustee | 2 | $0 | ||
| Thomas Ryan | Trustee | 2 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Plea
- EIN
- 237007910
- Address
- 733 South Ave, Pittsburgh, PA, 15221-2939
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Mission
- Plea's mission is to help individuals and families facing behavioral or developmental challenges though programs for living, education and advocacy. We provide intervention and support programs. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- F30Z Mental health and crisis intervention
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
- Size band
- 6 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1962
- Principal officer
- Gretchen Kelly (as named on the Form 990)
- IRS ruling date
- 1 April 1968
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Related organisations (Schedule R)
RelatedHuman ServiceThe Devereux FoundationRelatedMENTAL HEALTHTurtle Creek Valley MHMR IncRelatedMENTAL HEALTHABH Arizona IncRelatedMENTAL HEALTHABH California Inc
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsThomas Ryan
≥3years on the filingsJonathan Fantazier
≥2years on the filingsRhea Fernandes
≥2years on the filingsJacalyn Auris
Latest return
year to 30 June 2025iFigures from the newest Form 990 or 990-EZ in the IRS e-file releases of 2025 and 2026, for the year ending 30 June 2025. US dollars, as filed.- Total assets
- $4.3m
- Total liabilities
- $1.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $3.1m
- Contributions and grants received
- $117k
- Program service revenue
- $3.8m
- Employees
- 58
Filed finances
1 yeariTotals as filed on the IRS Form 990 (revenue and expenses), by tax year.| Tax year | Total revenue | Total expenses | Surplus or deficit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | $4.4m | $4.1m | $320k |
As filed on the IRS Form 990. US dollars.
State registration
1 entityiBusiness-entity registers published by US states. These records are matched to this organisation by name and state, not by EIN, and are labelled as likely matches. Street addresses are not shown.Plea likely matchiMatched by exact name and state (and ZIP where shown). State registers do not publish EINs, so this is not a confirmed match. Source: Pennsylvania Department of State, business entities (data.pa.gov xvd7-5r2c). Licence: public domain. Data last fetched 18 October 2026.
- State
- Pennsylvania
- Entity type
- Domestic Nonprofit Corporation
- Status
- Active
- Formed
- 6 July 2004
- Registered agent
- Not stated