High Watch Recovery Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
060674970
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Kent, CT, USA
Phone
8609273772
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$37,384,394
Expenses
$35,139,695
Assets
$79,283,760
Liabilities
$30,360,623

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREW ROBERTS (CEO / PRESIDENT)
  • TAMI-JO STEVENSON (VICE PRESIDENT OF CLINICAL)
  • JEROME W SCHWAB III (FORMER CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • GREGORY BORIS DO (SECRETARY/VP-MEDICAL): $577,837 total reported compensation
  • JEROME W SCHWAB III (FORMER CEO): $571,403 total reported compensation
  • DEREK TRANZILLO (CFO (THRU 12.31.24)): $488,046 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

High watch recovery center is dedicated to seeing the disease of addiction go into remission for each individual who passes through the door. We are committed to providing compassionate care as we integrate the latest breakthroughs in addiction medicine alongside the spiritual teachings of aa's 12 steps to give all patients the tools and foundation to live sober after leaving high watch.

What it reported doing in 2024

Rehabilitation of individuals with substance use disorder and co-occurring disorder. "wilson beds" program provides room, board, and treatment at high watch recovery center, free of charge for qualifying individuals the value of which is estimated at $748,007 for 2024. The center's policy is to always have 7 "extended guests" on campus who suffer from chronic recidivism. The extended guests are provided room, board, and treatment at high watch the value of which is estimated at $1,985,550 for 2024. Altogether, financial assistance and charity care to guests in 2024 totaled $2,733,557

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 73.7%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 76.5%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • 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: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 6%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.26; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.38; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.4%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 21.2% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 73.7% of revenue deployed · 76.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $578K · 17 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.2M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.