Drums in Recovery Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813175725
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Apopka, FL, USA
Phone
4078444414
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$397,477
Expenses
$293,166
Assets
$149,271
Liabilities
$4,741

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARLA STEVENSON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARLA STEVENSON (PRESIDENT): $183,200 total reported compensation
  • ANNA JONES (VICE PRESIDE): $26,830 total reported compensation
  • DEB DAUVEN (DIRECTOR): $2,152 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of drums in recovery is to utilize rhythm as a tool to cultivate musical, personal, and social harmony within diverse communities. Our programs foster interpersonal skills and healthy lifestyles for people in these communities, helping them gain self-esteem, social acceptance and healing from personal struggles.

What it reported doing in 2024

Grant awarded from the orange county government citizens' commission for children to provide community - based arts programming in five different sectors (zip codes). . Across eleven different facilities, over 1,550 children were served through 854 sessions of the drumbeat program. 17 graduations were held which showcased the skills and virtues learned by those students. . This rehabilitation program, called drumbeat, is a ten-week music and wellness course utilizing hand-drumming.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 90.1%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.2%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 72.4%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 44.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 47.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.5% of revenue deployed · 90.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $264K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 10 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.