Guilford County Solution to the Opioid Problem
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934234171
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- High Point, NC, USA
- Phone
- 3365058122
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $394,014
- Expenses
- $285,998
- Assets
- $162,212
- Liabilities
- $3,962
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAIDEN HAARIG (VICE PRESIDENT, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR)
- MICHAEL A THULL (PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAEL A THULL (PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $37,500 total reported compensation
- REGINALD MCCAIN (BOARD MEMBER): $28,333 total reported compensation
- BRITTANY GOTTSCHALK (BOARD CHAIR): $27,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Guilford county solution to the opioid problem (gcstop) is a community-based nonprofit organization with the mission of reducing opioid-related mortality in guilford county. Gcstop provides post-overdose response, support to individuals involved in the justice system, and community outreach services. All services are provided at no cost to program participants.
What it reported doing in 2024
1) provided social work services to 1,296 individuals across four program areas, with a total of5,348 client contacts;2) distributed 4,724 doses of naloxone resulting in a reported 844 overdose reversals in the community;3) provided intensive case management services addressing food insecurity, homelessness, and healthcare transportation barriers. 693 clients received assistance with transportation during the filing period.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 85% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 35
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 28.6%; rating input score 29; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 27.4%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 53.1%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 67% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $264K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $38K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 1 filing year from 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.