Each Day a New Beginning

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812784790
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Gonzales, LA, USA
Phone
2253907788
Rating
41
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,292
Expenses
$70,185
Assets
$72,355
Liabilities
$22,333

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DORENE BLOODWORTH (PRESIDENT & ACTING TREASURER)
  • PATRICIA HIMA (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DORENE BLOODWORTH (PRESIDENT & ACTING TREASURER)
  • PATRICIA HIMA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SHEENA HOCK (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide sober living facilities for women who are in recovery from alcohol or drug abuse along with all other related ancillary services.

What it reported doing in 2025

What is the organizations primary exempt purpose? To provide sober living facilities for women who are in recovery from alcohol or drug abuse along with all other related ancillary services.The average amount of level 1 scholarships given in 2025 was $271. Ten of these went to work and began to pay the weekly fees of $125, at or right after 3 weeks. Five left without ever paying their own way. This means they stayed 3 weeks or less. Level 2A scholarship is available for women who are in need of identification (ssn, birth certificate, drivers license) in order to begin work. There were no level 2A scholarship requests made in 2025. Level 2B is available to assist, who meet certain criteria, with vehicle registration, down payment, vehicle insurance, dental work, and catching up on fees (if falling behind was due to illness or some other non-avoidable reason. There were no level 2B scholarship requests made in 2025. Level 3 scholarships are to assist clients meeting designated criteria with deposits, first month rent, ect. when they are ready to leave EDANB. The maximum amount given is $500. The amount of scholarship cannot exceed the amount of money the client has saved. There were no level 3 scholarship requests made in 2025. Level 4 scholarship is to use as registration to recovery conventions/conferences for clients. There were three level 4 paid for fourteen clients currently living in the house.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% 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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.3%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -35.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.4% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.3% of revenue deployed · 6.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.