California Association of Drug Court Professionals

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900396248
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2017
Location
San Francisco, CA, USA
Phone
5102926136
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$134,757
Expenses
$163,845
Assets
$28,019
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • STEPHEN MANLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE CIMA (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • STEPHEN MANLEY (PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE CIMA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN DOMANTAY (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The purpose of this corporation is to reduce substance abuse, crime, and recidivism; promote and advocate for the establishment and funding of effective drug courts in California; provide technical assistance and mutual aid to association members; stimulate development of other judicially supervised treatment programs, in cases where appropriate; collect, provide, and disseminate information related to the purposes of the organization; and perform such other related activities to accomplish the stated goals and objectives.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization held its annual conference in monterey, California from march 31, 2025 through april 2, 2025. The conference covered various topic including: current issues in veterans, treatment, law and policy, mental health, youth and family, and wellness. Workshops included: the future of drug courts prop 36, implementation of new standards, understanding and working with treatment resistant clients, current issues in veterans treatment courts, therapeutic and trauma competent responses in treatment courts to positive and problem behaviour, cal- aim bringing communities together as well as various other workshops.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.6%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $157K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.