Friends of Liberation Programs Inc
Overview
Mission
The organization provides facilities for programs which provide treatment and prevention of substance use.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization provides facilities for programs which offer treatment and prevention programs for individuals and their families impacted by substance use.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 060950218
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Bridgeport, CT, USA
- Phone
- 2038512077
- Rating confidence
- Limited
The verdict
- This form does not report enough financial and governance detail to rate the organization. That is normal for this form and is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 72
- Sustainability: 71
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- 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: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 30.23; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 28.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $358K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 14 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
4 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- JOHN HAMILTON (PRESIDENT & CEO): $358,349 total reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER WHITNEY (CFO): $227,503 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: FY2024.