Minnesota Alliance of Recovery Community Organizations

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
850652161
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6128889001
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$327,223
Expenses
$292,433
Assets
$129,273
Liabilities
$90,187

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRANDY BRINK (PRESIDENT)
  • YENG MOUA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WENDY JONES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • BRANDY BRINK (PRESIDENT)
  • YENG MOUA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KHOU VANG (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of marco is to educate, advocate, and mobilize resources to grow the community-based recovery movement across Minnesota.

What it reported doing in 2024

In fy25, marco delivered on its mission to educate, advocate, and mobilize resources to grow the community-based recovery movement across Minnesota with key accomplishments in its core functions: mentorship and professional development: marco worked with over 40 organizations across Minnesota that are providing recovery support services in their communities. Marco provided coaching and support to strengthen their organizational capacity and fidelity to the recovery community organization (rco) model of nonclinical, peer-run, community support. 31 organizations submitted applications to become marco-certified, of which 23 were certified through an extensive marco peer review process.public education: marco hosted its first annual community recovery summit with over 150 people in attendance. The summit fostered collaboration and promoted shared learning among Minnesota's rcos, peer recovery specialists, and other stakeholders dedicated to building an ecosystem for long-term recovery from substance use disorder. Marco also hosted semi-monthly virtual education sessions, serving over 100 people per month, to increase knowledge of rcos, peer recovery support services, and nonprofit operations for grassroots recovery organizations.advocacy: marco hosted 2 community voices town halls. In september, a virtual town hall with 70 people in attendance raised awareness about the needs of the peer recovery workforce, and in january over 100 people attended a town hall hosted in the frogtown neighborhood to raise awareness about the recovery needs of the southeast asian community. Marco also hosted its annual recovery advocacy workshop and recovery day on the hill to help people with lived experience of substance use disorder and recovery work across their communities to promote recovery-oriented policies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 94% 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

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.6%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $78.71 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.7; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.6% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $261K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.