Friends of Recovery Oswego County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932339140
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Fulton, NY, USA
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Reported finances

Revenue
$156,882
Expenses
$155,308
Assets
$45,372
Liabilities
$28,704

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELLEN LAZAREK (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ELLEN LAZAREK (PRESIDENT)
  • Trisha DeWolf (VICE PRESIDENTTreasurer)
  • Megan Walradth (CO 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

Create strategies for long term recovery promoting education prevention and awarenes.. Activities in an effort to reduce stigma and discrimination related to pathyways to recovery from sustance use disorders

What it reported doing in 2025

Shineman Grant staffing trainings were held with 32 participants.Community partners provided 175.5 hours of service at the center events activities were held and 547 people attended. Setup of new office in Fulton NY 22 month grant allocated 10 month 2025 staffing

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0.2%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0.2%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.29; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 110.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 87.6% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0.2% of revenue deployed · 0.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $253 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.