Drug Awareness Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882017507
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Beverly Hills, CA, USA
Phone
3103877500
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,137
Expenses
$31,280
Assets
$140,616
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULI A SHAMASH (CEO)

People named in this filing

  • JULI A SHAMASH (CEO)
  • CHARLES SHAMASH (CFO)
  • ALEXANDRA T SHAMASH (SECRETARY)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary exempt purpose of the organization is to provide education and resources focused on the prevention of drug experimentation, drug abuse, and drug related deaths. The organization has a particular focus on providing education and resources addressing the serious and deadly heath risks posed by fentanyl and drugs laced with fentanyl.

What it reported doing in 2024

Juli shamash, president of the drug awareness foundation, sponsored and advocated for ca sb864 tyler's law, which requires mandatory fentanyl testing whenever California hospitals order a standard five-panel drug test. It was signed by California governor gavin newsom on august 22, 2022 and it went into effect on january 1, 2023. We encourage school districts to have naloxone in schools and have their school police carry it.we contact universities and urge them to have naloxone in all of their dorms and to include information in their freshman orientation about fentanyl-poisoned drugs.we speak to college fraternities and sororities to teach about harm reduction and to give students the tools to make informed decisions. We provide access to naloxone and fentanyl testing strips and explain how to use them.we put up billboards, bus ads, and street level posters to warn the public about fentanyl-poisoned drugs.we have booths at community events to educate and raise awareness. We speak to schools, religious, parent, and professional organizations about addiction and overdose prevention. We post on social media to raise awareness and inform about harm reduction. We get local government buildings and the pylons at lax to turn purple for overdose awareness day on august 31.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 83
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 33.7%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 99.2%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 66.1%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.5; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 25.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 61.7% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 33.7% of revenue deployed · 99.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $31K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.