Came to Believe Recovery Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474382037
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017
Location
Pluckemin, NJ, USA
Phone
9738799522
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$572,735
Expenses
$581,263
Assets
$30,433
Liabilities
$100,856

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS R WILLIAMS (CEO)
  • DOLORES CUNNIFFE (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS R WILLIAMS (CEO): $108,949 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are a group of men and women who have recovered from a variety of addictions including drugs and alcohol. We are committed to helping others break free from their addictions through retreats, workshops and other events that provide the tools and directions for powerful spiritaul awakening. We continue the legacy of recovery grounded in the spiritual awakening and experience that result from 12 steps, as practiced by the founders of a.a., beginning in the 1930's and continuing to the present. Came to belive recovery provides essential spiritual tools needed to thrive. We strive to create and promote opportunities for life-changing spiritual experiences for imdividuals and families suffering from all forms of addiction. We share our experience, strenght and hope through our own stories of how we "came to believe".

What it reported doing in 2024

In 2024, CAME TO BELIEVE RECOVERY (ctbr) entered an agreement with the Western Territory of the Salvation Army to bring our retreats to their Adult Rehabilitation Centers (ARC). Since launching the initiative, we have since developed an entire multiphase curriculum which is now being adopted in all 18 ARCs with the western territory. CTBR is now the entire recovery program being used by the western Territory. The Salvation Army under the agreement is paying a monthly fee for the implementation and support for the program. We have hired a fulltime program coordinator and one parttime person to support the program territory wide. CTBR will continue under an agreement to provide a level of retreats and full support through 2026. Our expectation is to begin implementation into one of the other three territories in 2026. The Salvation Army has indicated that the intent is to adopt CTBR nationwide. This would put our program in 120 Arcs. CTBR provided public access retreats in 2024 and plans to double the offerings in 2025. A third initiative is being piloted within the Nazarene church district of Hawaii. We are retrofitting parts of the program designed for the Salvation Army to fit the needs of the churchs recovery program needs. This will be an important program as we are increasingly being solicited by faith communities for help in the addiction space with their congregations. CTBR will conduct a masterclass at the Bowery Mission in NYC in 2025 and hold its first Benefit fundraiser in Manhattan in 2025 as well.Operationally, along with hiring the west coast coordinator and parttime support person, we have hired a full-time development director in NYC. To support all the increased demands of our operations we have hired and administrative assistant (part time). We have doubled our staff in 2024 with plan to hire a regional director in 2025 to help meet the expected demands.Our podcast is now getting 3,000-4,000 downloads a week and is consistently rated number one in mental health category within podcast platforms.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 70.4%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.5%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 3.31; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.2% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71% of revenue deployed · 70.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $409K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $109K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 13/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.