Foundation for Recovery Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
203380211
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Las Vegas, NV, USA
Phone
7022578199
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,023,679
Expenses
$1,735,781
Assets
$4,568,949
Liabilities
$3,383,934

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SEAN O'DONNELL (EXECUTIVE DI): $120,262 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Foundation for recovery promotes the positive impact of recovery from addiction, behavioral health and co-occurring disorders in our communities and enhances the lives of individuals and families affected by the disease of addiction. Our programs and partnerships open pathways to recovery by removing social barriers and creating opportunities for those seeking and maintaining long-term recovery.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ffr offers evidenced-based peer recovery coaching to individuals living with addiction and mental illnesses. Peer recovery coaching is person- centered, non-clinical support provided by individuals with lived experience of recovery from substance use or mental health challenges. These services help others achieve and maintain recovery by offering mentorship, emotional support, and connection to community resources. Peer recovery specialists model hope and resilience, share practical tools for wellness, and assist individuals in navigating treatment, housing, employment, and social systems-all while fostering empowerment, self- determination, and long-term recovery. The foundation provides peer support to individuals in our access center; a drop-in style community space for people struggling with substance use to get connected to local health, housing, and community resources, enroll in medicaid, snap, and other public programs, and access overdose prevention tools and essential items like naloxone, drug testing kits, clean socks, and hygiene packs. In 2024, our peer recovery coaches assisted 1,135 unique individuals with accessing these services. The foundation also provides ongoing peer coaching and mentorship to members of our recovery clubhouse; a cafe-style space for people recovering from addiction and mental illness to congregate, access daily meals, and find a fellowship of other individuals living in long-term recovery. In 2024, the foundation welcomed 493 members to the recovery clubhouse for support groups, social activities and events, transportation assistance, and provided 3,830 meals to clubhouse members. 2024 was also the year the foundation purchased a 15-passenger van to begin a recovery shuttle service for members of the clubhouse to access employment, groceries, and recovery housing services in the community. Beyond the access center and recovery clubhouse, trained recovery coaches provide mentorship to individuals incarcerated at clark county detention center.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 63% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - 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 some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 60
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $553.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 14.2%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.63; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.74; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 81.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $120K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule D land buildings reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.