Dr Bob's Home
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341461210
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Akron, OH, USA
- Phone
- 3308641935
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $276,203
- Expenses
- $223,094
- Assets
- $1,861,516
- Liabilities
- $10,512
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- DOLLY ABBOTT (BOARD MEMBER)
- KAT DONALDSON (SECRETARY)
- DAN FISHER (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our primary purpose is to maintain, restore and preserve the property at 855 ardmore ave. Which was the family home of physician robert holbrook smith, affectionately known as dr. Bob, one of the founding fathers of alcoholics anonymous (aa). This historic site in akron, Ohio is the birthplace of this internationally known fellowship, which subsequently became the foundation of numerous other 12-step programs that are improving the lives of millions of people. Second, our ongoing mission is to help alcoholics by preserving the atmosphere of acceptance where early members achieved and maintained their sobriety. This prevailing attitude is simply expressed in our greeting, "welcome home." third, we educate the local community and beyond on how dr. Bob's home played a part in the formation of alcoholics anonymous and the manner in which alcoholics were helped in the early days.
What it reported doing in 2024
Museum: the organization deploys passionate volunteers to provide historical tours of dr. Bobs home. It is in this home at 855 ardmore ave. In akron that dr. Bob and bill wilson developed the principles of aa and recruited the first members of aa. Many of the people whose stories are found in alcoholics anonymous, aa's "big book," used the smith home as a half-way house to recovery. The house has welcomed visitors from all over the united states and the world. Our museum is open every day (noon-3 p.m.) except on christmas.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 89% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 85
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 74
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $6.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.2%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.34; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $178K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 29/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.