Phoenix House Foundation Inc

Overview

Mission

We are passionate about healing individuals, families, and communities challenged by substance use disorders and related mental health conditions.

What it reported doing in 2024

Phoenix house foundation provides administrative services to its operating affiliates in ten states. These services enable phoenix house foundation together with its affiliates to achieve its mission results by operating approximately 114 treatment programs across ten states plus the district of columbia, serving more than 13,000 men, women, and adolescents, safeguarding youth, strengthening families and enabling those trapped in dependency to confront addiction and to achieve and sustain recovery. These expenses are associated with support services for treatment, healthcare, educational and research activities. Phoenix house foundation provided these administrative services until the 3/31/2019 dissolution of the sole member.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237013149
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Headquarters
Long Island City, NY, USA
Phone
7182226649
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Official website

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 63.7%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 54.29; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.78; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 111.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -31.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $475K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 annual filings from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • ANN MARIE GODDARD (PRESIDENT & CEO): $474,578 total reported compensation
  • MARK G WHITE (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $338,942 total reported compensation
  • YAREKA CARTER (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $294,695 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.