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MENDING HEARTS FAMILY SERVICES INC
Glendale, AZ · EIN 263711546 · Form 990 · FY2020 · NTEE F60 · Mental Health & Crisis Intervention · Small ($100K-$1M) · www.mendingheartsfs.org
revenue
$236K
expenses
$219K
net assets
$-12K
employees
12
program ratio
56%
mission · from form 990

To provide professional, Biblically-based counseling and social services to hurting children, adults, couples and families.

profile · synthesized from sources

Mending Hearts Family Services is a Christ-centered social service agency providing professional behavioral health and child welfare services in Glendale, AZ. The organization offers counseling for individuals, couples, and families, specializing in trauma recovery, addiction, and family relationship issues. They aim to provide affordable services with a Biblical emphasis.

named programs · 10 · from sources

what they call their work

Addiction Counseling
Provides counseling for individuals (adults and teenagers) and families seeking recovery from various addictions and co-occurring disorders, including alcohol, substance abuse, gambling, pornography, sexual abuse, and food, with a focus on relapse prevention and family therapy.
Adoptive/Foster/Blended Families Counseling
Provides education and counseling services for families created by adoption, foster care, or re-marriage, addressing issues such as role definition, entitlement, claiming, attachment, separation and loss, loyalties, identity issues, and family of origin issues.
Children/Teens Counseling
Provides therapy to children and teens (Birth to age 18) suffering from ADHD, attachment issues, neglect, emotional, physical and sexual abuse, acute and complex trauma, grief/loss, anger, and identity issues, including those impacted by single parenting, adoption, foster care, or divorce.
Equine Assisted Therapy Program
Partners with Roller Ranch to provide equine assisted services, including horsemanship classes and psychotherapy sessions, with plans to add therapeutic groups for underprivileged children, foster children, group homes, veterans, and trauma survivors.
Grief/Loss Counseling
Provides counseling to children and adults facing various forms of loss, including death, divorce, pet loss, infertility, job loss, miscarriage, abortion, multiple moves, abandonment, abuse, neglect, and voluntary or involuntary foster care placements.
Individual Counseling
Provides general mental health counseling to adults experiencing addiction, anxiety, depression, stress, crisis, neglect, emotional, physical and sexual abuse, acute and complex trauma.
Marriage Counseling
Provides counseling to couples in crisis to help them understand and resolve relationship issues from a Biblical perspective and Christian worldview.
Parent/Child Relationships Counseling
Provides counseling and education for families experiencing difficulty parenting their children or teens, which may involve family therapy, couple, or individual counseling, and periodic parenting classes.
Pre-Marital Counseling
Assists individuals contemplating marriage or who are engaged to understand potential strengths and needs, identify problem areas, and find solutions before marriage, including sessions for Covenant Marriage.
Spiritual Integrative Psychotherapy
Recognizes the spiritual dimension as an important part of the therapeutic process, integrating traditional psychological theories with Christian principles and spiritual tools to facilitate wholeness.
activities · 8 groups

what they do

  • Outpatient Behavioral Health Services 9 activities
    • Adult mental health and addiction counseling
      Delivers individual and family counseling for adults dealing with addiction (including alcohol, substance abuse, gambling, pornography, and food), co-occurring disorders (such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia), and mental health challenges like trauma, grief, stress, and crisis. Includes relapse prevention planning, psychoeducation, and family therapy.
    • Adult mental health and addiction counseling
      Delivers individual and family counseling for adults dealing with addiction, anxiety, depression, stress, crisis, trauma, neglect, and abuse, including treatment for co-occurring disorders such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, with services like relapse prevention planning, family therapy, and psychoeducation.
    • Counseling for children and adolescents
      Provides specialized counseling services for children and teens (birth to 18) experiencing ADHD, attachment issues, neglect, abuse, trauma, grief/loss, anger, identity issues, and those impacted by single parenting, adoption, foster care, or divorce; has worked with this population for over three years.
    • Mental health and addiction counseling for adults
      Delivers individual and family counseling for adults dealing with anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, abuse, neglect, addiction (including alcohol, substance abuse, gambling, pornography, and food), co-occurring disorders (e.g., bipolar disorder, schizophrenia), and grief/loss, including relapse prevention planning, psychoeducation, and family therapy.
    • Provides individual and family mental health counseling
      Offers professional counseling services to individuals, couples, and families for issues including trauma, abuse, neglect, grief/loss, addiction, anxiety, depression, ADHD, attachment issues, identity concerns, and co-occurring mental health disorders. Services are provided in-office and via telehealth to clients from birth through adulthood.
    • Providing licensed mental health counseling services
      Offers professional mental health counseling to individuals, families, and groups across the lifespan, including children, teens, and adults, through an Arizona Department of Health Services licensed facility. Services are delivered in-office and via telehealth during standard business hours, Monday through Friday.
    • Specialized trauma and attachment-informed therapy
      Provides trauma-informed therapeutic services using evidence-based modalities such as Trauma Informed CBT, EMDR, Play Therapy, Art Therapy, EFT, and Expressive Arts Therapy. Focuses on children, teens, and families affected by abuse, neglect, foster care, adoption, divorce, and complex trauma, with over three years of documented experience in this area.
    • Specialized trauma-informed therapy for children and families
      Provides trauma-focused counseling to children and teens (birth to 18) affected by abuse, neglect, trauma, grief, attachment issues, ADHD, and family disruptions such as divorce, adoption, or foster care, using evidence-based modalities including Trauma-Informed CBT, EMDR, Play Therapy, Art Therapy, and Expressive Arts Therapy, with over three years of experience in treating acute and complex trauma.
    • Telehealth mental health services
      Provides remote counseling services via telehealth to individuals and families, with operations ongoing since 2021.
  • Therapeutic Foster Care Services 5 activities
    • Delivers counseling and education for adoptive, foster, and re-married families
      Provides targeted counseling and educational support for families formed through adoption, foster care, or re-marriage, addressing challenges such as attachment, separation and loss, role definition, and identity development. Also offers the "Taming the Trauma Tremors" training program for foster and adoptive parents.
    • Family counseling for adoptive, foster, and reconstituted families
      Provides counseling and education services to families formed through adoption, foster care, or remarriage, addressing challenges such as role definition, attachment, separation and loss, and identity development.
    • Parenting education and training programs
      Provides parenting classes and specialized training such as "Taming the Trauma Tremors" for foster and adoptive parents, offered periodically to support families navigating attachment, trauma, and complex family dynamics.
    • Parenting education and training programs
      Offers parenting classes and specialized training such as "Taming the Trauma Tremors" for foster and adoptive parents; these programs are offered periodically.
    • Support services for adoptive, foster, and blended families
      Provides counseling and education for families formed through adoption, foster care, or remarriage, addressing challenges such as attachment, role definition, separation and loss, and identity development, along with specialized training programs like "Taming the Trauma Tremors" for foster and adoptive parents.
  • Marriage & Relationship Counseling 4 activities
    • Offers pre-marital and marital counseling
      Provides pre-marital counseling to individuals and couples, including guidance on the requirements and commitments of a Covenant Marriage.
    • Pre-marital and couples counseling
      Offers pre-marital counseling to individuals and couples, including guidance on the tenets of Covenant Marriage, to support relationship development and conflict resolution.
    • Pre-marital and marital counseling
      Offers pre-marital counseling to individuals and couples, including specialized sessions addressing the requirements and tenets of a Covenant Marriage.
    • Pre-marital and relationship counseling
      Offers pre-marital counseling to individuals and couples, including specialized sessions addressing the requirements and commitments of a Covenant Marriage.
  • Grief Support for Pregnancy and Infant Loss 3 activities
    • Grief and loss counseling
      Provides counseling support for children and adults experiencing various forms of loss, including death, divorce, job loss, infertility, and abandonment, using therapeutic interventions tailored to developmental and emotional needs.
    • Grief and loss counseling
      Provides therapeutic support for children and adults experiencing grief and loss due to death, divorce, job loss, infertility, and abandonment.
    • Provides grief and loss counseling
      Offers specialized counseling for children and adults experiencing grief due to death, divorce, job loss, infertility, and abandonment.
  • Outpatient & Residential Recovery Support Services 1 activity
    • Facilitates therapeutic support groups and specialized treatment programs
      Runs therapeutic groups focused on addiction and mental health recovery, including relapse prevention, family therapy, and psychoeducation for co-occurring disorders such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.
  • Outpatient Mental Health Counseling 1 activity
    • Providing licensed mental health counseling services
      Offers professional mental health counseling to individuals, children, teens, couples, and families through an Arizona Department of Health Services licensed facility, operating during standard business hours Monday through Friday, with services delivered in-office and via telehealth since 2021.
  • 12-Step and Peer-Led Recovery Meetings 1 activity
    • Therapeutic group facilitation
      Facilitates therapeutic support groups focused on addiction and mental health issues.
  • Uncategorized 2 activities
    • Operates licensed counseling services during standard business hours
      Provides mental health services through an Arizona Department of Health Services licensed facility during standard business hours, Monday through Friday.
    • Providing licensed mental health counseling services
      Offers professional mental health counseling to individuals, couples, and families through an Arizona Department of Health Services licensed facility, utilizing evidence-based therapeutic techniques such as Trauma Informed CBT, EMDR, Play Therapy, Art Therapy, EFT, and Expressive Arts Therapy.
financials · form 990 · fy2020
revenue
Total revenue$236K
Contributions & grants$27K11%
Program service revenue$209K89%
Investment income$570%
Other revenue$0
expenses
Total expenses$219K
Program expenses56%
Admin / overhead44%
Fundraising0%
Salaries & benefits$146K
Grants paid out$0
Largest expense lineCompensation
balance sheet
Total assets$139K
Cash$120K
Investments$0
Liabilities$151K
Net assets$-12K
Liquid reserves6.6 mo
1 years on record · 2020–2020
leadership · form 990 part vii · fy2020

who runs it

paid leadership · 1
NameTitleHours/wkCompensation
Sharon Carl President & CEO 40 $24K
board members · 4
  • Daryl Lister — Board Member
  • Joni Pourchot — Secretary
  • Mike Marks — Treasurer
  • Nini Johnston — Board Member
relationships · 18

who they work with

  • 911 Government — Directs individuals to call 911 for life-threatening emergencies
  • Arizona Association for Play Therapy Partner — Sharon Carl served on the board of this organization.
  • Arizona Department of Health Services Government — Licensed counseling facility by the Arizona Department of Health Services.
  • Arizona State University Partner — Sharon Carl holds a M.A. in Education from this institution. Sheila Jones holds a Master of Science in Social Work from this institution.
  • Banner Thunderbird Medical Center Partner — Tricia Jimenez completed her internship at this medical center.
  • California State University - Fullerton Partner — Mark Gonchar graduated with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a master’s degree in counseling from this institution.
  • Capella University Partner — Christopher Stewart holds an M.S. degree in Mental Health Counseling from this institution.
  • Crisis Hot Line Partner — Refers individuals to the Crisis Hot Line for mental health and substance use emergencies outside office hours
  • Echo Mountain Church Partner — Mike Marks is a pastor at this church.
  • Fuller Theological Seminary Partner — Sharon Carl served as an Adjunct Professor for this institution.
  • Glendale Community College Partner — Tricia Jimenez holds an AAS in Advanced Behavioral Health from this institution. Sharon Carl served as an Adjunct Professor for this institution.
  • Grand Canyon University Partner — Armand Ntwari holds a master's degree in clinical Mental Health and Counseling from this institution. Sharon Carl served as an Adjunct Professor for this institution. Tricia Jimenez holds a MS in Professional Counseling from this institution.
  • Light University of Bujumbura Partner — Armand Ntwari earned a bachelor's degree in general law from this institution.
  • Ottawa University Partner — Sharon Carl holds a M.A. degree in Counseling from this institution.
  • PayPal Partner — Payment processing partner used to facilitate client payments for counseling services.
  • Pourchot Accounting, LLC Partner — Joni Pourchot's business.
  • Roller Ranch Partner — Partnership to provide equine assisted therapy services, with Mending Hearts delivering professional therapy and Roller Ranch providing equine specialist expertise
  • South Mountain Community College Partner — Sharon Carl served as an Adjunct Professor for this institution.