Advance
Donations deductibleAdvance's network
8 people1 organisationi8 people and 1 organisation on this map.The large node is the subject of this page. Solid lines are what the register itself records (8). Violet dotted lines (1) 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
8 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.Tenure and departures are observed across annual filings. Observed tenure is a lower bound - a member may have joined before the first year on record. The organisation reported 11 voting members of its governing body on its latest Form 990 Part VI; we list 8 in Part VII (Part VII does not always name every voting member).| Name | Role as filed | Since | On the board |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Davis | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
| Jody Owen | Director | 2022 | 4 yrs |
| Lynda Muller | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Nancy Schade | Director | 2019 | 7 yrs |
| Nate Schaefer | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Scott Kwasniewski | Director | 2025 | 1 yr |
| Teree Nesvold | Director | 2020 | 6 yrs |
| Trish Sterud | Director | 2021 | 5 yrs |
Under 5 years5 to 6 years6 years or more
Officers and senior leadership
13 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brian Ardry | President & CEO | since 2019 |
| Casey Bell | VIce Chair | since 2022 |
| Cathy Chapin | Treasurer | since 2024 |
| Jerry Raabe | Vice Chairman | since 2019 |
| Jill Thorngren | Treasurer | since 2019 |
| Lynda Mulller | Director | 2023 |
| Mark Kratochvil | Chairman | 2019 |
| Melissa Wagner | Company secretary | since 2024 |
| Nan Poppen | Company secretary | 2019 |
| Paula Stromer | Treasurer | 2022 |
| Ryan Schiller | Chairman | since 2022 |
| Scott Kwasniewski | Director | since 2023 |
| Tim Conner | Chairman | 2021 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Ardry | President & CEO | 40 | $141k | $29k | |
| Nancy Schade | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Trish Sterud | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Jody Owen | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Teree Nesvold | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Scott Kwasniewski | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Lynda Muller | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Nate Schaefer | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Alan Davis | Director | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Casey Bell | VIce Chair | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Ryan Schiller | Chairman | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Cathy Chapin | Treasurer | 0.5 | $0 | ||
| Melissa Wagner | Secretary | 0.5 | $0 |
About
- Legal name
- Advance
- EIN
- 460348804
- Address
- 301 Division Ave, Brookings, SD, 57006-2952
- State
- South Dakota
- Mission
- Empower people with disabilities to make life choices through individualized interdisciplinary plans of assistance, education, and support. (as filed on the Form 990)
- Activity (NTEE)
- P8XZ Human services
- IRS classification
- 501(c)03 (tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) where shown)
- Classified purpose
- Human Services
- Size band
- 7 (IRS master file code)
- Formed
- 1974
- IRS ruling date
- 1 March 1979
- Status
- Code 01 (unconditional exemption)
- Form 990 filings on record
- 7, latest 2025
- IRS Publication 78
- PC (contributions deductible)
Most connected
Longest observed on the filings
≥7years on the filingsNancy Schade
≥6years on the filingsTeree Nesvold
≥5years on the filingsAlan Davis
≥5years on the filingsTrish Sterud
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
- $9.7m
- Total liabilities
- $1.2m
- Net assets or fund balances
- $8.6m
- Contributions and grants received
- $8.2m
- Program service revenue
- $529k
- Employees
- 162