Evergreen Recovery Centers

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
910897867
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Everett, WA, USA
Phone
(425) 493-5310
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,239,499
Expenses
$18,313,371
Assets
$32,763,732
Liabilities
$12,629,626

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

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • VICTOR KEPLER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • H CHANDLER WILLIAMSON (PRESIDENT (FROM 8/24))
  • XING HUA CHEN (PRESIDENT (THRU 7/24))
  • PATRICK EVANS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (FROM 3/24))
  • LINDA GRANT (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (THRU 3/24))

Highest reported compensation

  • EILEEN M NEWTON (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER): $207,047 total reported compensation
  • PATRICK EVANS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (FROM 3/24)): $155,740 total reported compensation
  • LILA JENNIFER WILLIAMS (CHIEF HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICER): $153,988 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Utilizing holistic, integrated, compassionate care, we give hope and deliver effective person-centered treatment for substance use disorders–before, during, and after initiating recovery.

What it reported doing in 2024

Outreach programs (l.e.a.d. And h.o.s.t.): provides outreach services through two programs, lead and host. Long term intensive case management is provided through the lead (law enforcement assisted diversion) model (a nationally recognized framework) to individuals diverted away from jail by law enforcement and other members of the legal system. Case managers provide assistance addressing unmet behavioral health needs by connecting people to appropriate services including behavioral health, housing, and medical care. Annually, the lead program serves nearly 150 adults a month referred by local police and sheriff's departments, jails, municipal and district courts and community agencies. The host (homeless outreach stabilization and transition) program began in 2022 to serve the vulnerable populations of snohomish county. Modeled after the host program developed in seattle, it reduces barriers to bring services to people with severe mental illness that wouldn't normally get it. The program expanded in 2024 to bring the same services to skagit and island counties. Both programs have served 204 unique participants with total of 7743 encounters. There is an average of 40 encounters per client. We have also distributed 3485 doses of narcan to the community, with 414 successful overdose reversals.

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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.4%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.3% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 9 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 5 operating locations identified
  • Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 7 filed program accomplishments · $15.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $207K · 23 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $477K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.