Nate's Place a Wellness and Recovery Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882222599
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Oxnard, CA, USA
Phone
8056282552
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$594,159
Expenses
$763,890
Assets
$101,096
Liabilities
$42,445

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEIDI ALLISON (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • HEIDI ALLISON (PRESIDENT): $38,700 total reported compensation
  • LARRY RHOADES (DIRECTOR): $35,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission at nates place, a wellness and recovery center, is to deliver targeted programs, healthy replacement activities, and 1:1 peer support recovery coaching to teens and young adults (ages 13-26), who are at risk of substance abuse and/or mental health disorders, or striving to attain and maintain sobriety and mental health in a safe, healthy manner. Nate's place, a wellness and recovery center fills a gap in services for underserved, uninsured and low income individuals. We provide the following services, free of charge, with free transportation: 1. 1:1 peer support recovery coaching for every participant. 2. 20+ healthy recreational activities. 3. 14 groups that provide counseling, education and support. 4. Bi-monthly community education talks on mental health and substance use. 5. Teen intervene prevention groups in 13 schools across ventura county. 6. Support groups 2x per week at juvenile justice center.

What it reported doing in 2025

1. Operated year 3 of nate's place center - successfully supported a total of 397 teens and young adults. 2. Led a series of 3 and 4-week job readiness workshops to help our participants create resumes, learn how to interview and find jobs. 3. On a monthly average, nate's place has 80+ youth enrolled at the center. 4. Received positive outcomes: 99% of participants report improved mental health as a result of attending nate's place. 5. Received positive outcomes: 94% of participants report increased motivation to decrease substance use since attending nate's place. 6. Bought a 4th van to transport participants; nate's place provided over 2000 free pickups and drop-offs in 2025. 7. Secured an expanded contract with ventura county behavioral health to cover part of our staff wages. 8. Served teens in 13 schools during the 24/25 school year. 9. Started offering pickleball at center and at local park. 10. Eight of our peer support recovery coaches have completed the 80 hour training and 7 are certified by the state of ca.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 60
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89
  • Fundraising efficiency: $184.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -28.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.6%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 59.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 47.3% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.6% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $679K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $39K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.