Refuge Recovery World Services Inc
Overview
Mission
To provide Buddhist based support groups, education materials, meditation retreats and conferences for those recovering from addiction.
What it reported doing in 2024
Refuge Recovery offers in person and online meeting information, group resources, individual inventory worksheets, pamphlets, and meeting materials to assist individuals in starting their own Refuge Recovery meetings in their area. There are around 400 peer-led meetings.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843015516
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2020
- Headquarters
- Venice, CA, USA
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment
- Affiliation
- Buddhism
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports that some governance safeguards are missing and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.3%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 0.13; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $574K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 annual filings from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.