Fred Browns Recovery Services Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330491967
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Pedro, CA, USA
Phone
3105198723
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$14,856,755
Expenses
$12,844,732
Assets
$17,506,989
Liabilities
$9,909,298

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Roxanna NataleBrown (Executive Director)
  • Michael Axelrod (President)
  • Leon Thomas (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Roxanna NataleBrown (Executive Director): $218,643 total reported compensation
  • Mark Malone (Director): $205,589 total reported compensation
  • Adrian Reveles (Director of Programs Clinical): $163,880 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Fred Browns Recovery Services Inc. provides substance use disorder treatment recovery support services mental health services and housing assistance to individuals and families affected by addiction and behavioral health challenges

What it reported doing in 2024

Delivered peer support enhanced care management housing navigation case management and referral services connecting participants to healthcare behavioral health treatment employment resources benefits transportation and stable housing. Additional services included community outreach prevention activities family support and reentry services aimed at reducing barriers to care improving treatment engagement and promoting successful community reintegration throughout Los Angeles County.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% 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

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: 79
  • Accountability: 81
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 71.1%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 13.5%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.36; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.57; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 71.1% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $10.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $219K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $387K reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 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.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.