National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence of the San Fernando Valley
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 953374623
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Van Nuys, CA, USA
- Phone
- 3109805691
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,298,608
- Expenses
- $2,679,693
- Assets
- $2,799,438
- Liabilities
- $741,158
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER BOTTEN (PRESIDENT & CEO)
- JULIE POWERS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- ROBERT T DORRIS JR (TREASURER): $95,600 total reported compensation
- LIZBETH VIVAR (SECRETARY): $84,117 total reported compensation
- ROBERT E LUCERO (DIRECTOR): $1,061 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The national council on alcoholism and drug dependence of the san fernando valley (ncadd-sfv) is a community based substance use disorder (sud)program, certified by the state of California, and contracted with los angeles county to provide outpatient treatment to individuals suffering from alcohol and drug addiction, consisting of individual and group counseling, and drug testing. These services are available for adults 18 years and older.the organization has a separate county contract to provide community-based prevention and education services to schools and community organizations.the organization also provides court case management and referral services (ccms) for individuals convicted of a driving-under-the- influence (dui) offense in specific courts within the los angeles county superior court system. Ccms refers individuals ordered to attend a state licensed dui treatment program and monitors the compliance of these individuals for the courts.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization has verbal agreements with four courthouses in the los angeles county superior court system. The los angeles county superior court refers individuals convicted of a dui to attend an alcohol education program. The organization refers the individual to an outside educational program and monitors the compliance of individual's cases for the courts. The organization charges a fee for this referral and management of the individual's case and for some, this may be based on a sliding scale.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 84% 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
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: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 56
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.7%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 18.8%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.7% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 42/100.