Alternative Opportunities Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
431608916
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Springfield, MO, USA
Phone
4178698911
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Group Homes

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,844,968
Expenses
$84,077,895
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK KASTNER (PRESIDENT)
  • LOIS CRAIGHEAD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARILYN NOLAN (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEREMY THOMPSON MD (PHYSICIAN): $465,167 total reported compensation
  • CHARLES LEWIS MD (PHYSICIAN): $447,108 total reported compensation
  • BONTIEA GOSS (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $435,634 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create and offer opportunities for people to use their strengths to meet challenges and participate in their communities in a meaningful way.

What it reported doing in 2014

Carol jones recovery center for women provides support for inpatient and outpatient substance abuse counseling and treatment to women and their families. The recovery center has contracts with the Missouri department of mental health, drug courts and medicaid to provide these services.youth and family services provides support to young adults as they transition out of foster care into independent living arrangements. The program also assists families in the development of the supports needed to keep children in the family home. Services are both in-home and residentially based. Youth and family services contracts with the Missouri department of social services, childrens division.decision point treatment services provides inpatient and outpatient treatment to individuals for substance abuse and other addictive behaviors at its facilities in northwest Arkansas. Funding for these services is primarily provided through the Arkansas department of human services, medicaid, private insurance, private pay and contributions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 89% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 63.6%; rating input score 64; 18th 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: 6.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -7.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.4% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $67.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $465K · 21 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.7M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2009 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.