Aletheia House Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 630644067
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Birmingham, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2053246502
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,893,638
- Expenses
- $14,524,863
- Assets
- $30,592,366
- Liabilities
- $9,520,515
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- FOSTER COOK (PRESIDENT)
- WALTER ROBINSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CHRIS RETAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CHRIS RETAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $214,294 total reported compensation
- GLORIA HOWARD (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $180,386 total reported compensation
- TAMMI MCKISSON (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $139,730 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To empower individuals, and the communities in which they live, with the skills and services they need to be responsible for their own well-being.
What it reported doing in 2024
Substance abuse treatment is divided into the following areas: women's treatment - residential and outpatient treatment services for women with substance use disorders, including services designed to address the specific needs of pregnant and post-partum women and women with children.men's treatment - residential and outpatient treatment for men, including men who are experiencing homelessness or are involved in the criminal justice system.outpatient treatment services - provides outpatient treatment services in counties accross the state of Alabama.medicated assisted treatment - provides medical and fda-approved medications to individuals with opioid use disorders.healthy living - a comprehensive substance abuse treatment program and HIV prevention program designed to address the relationship between substance abuse and HIV in african-americans who are living with, or at high risk for, HIV.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 78% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 70
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.6%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.11; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.7%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 84.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $12.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 22 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.