North Orange County Central Office of Alcoholics Anonymous Groups Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953774014
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Fullerton, CA, USA
Phone
7147734357
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$122,646
Expenses
$152,647
Assets
$59,078
Liabilities
$2,745

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATTY OAKES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • VARIOUS VOLUNTEER DIRECTORS (VARIOUS)
  • PATTY OAKES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

Serves as a clearing house for a.a. Groups in north orange county - open 9am - 9pm, 365 days per year. Slaes of literature and supplies to a.a. Groups and the general public - related to recovery from alcoholism. Telephone support and referrals for suffering alcoholics and their families.

What it reported doing in 2025

All operations - public communications and a.a. Support

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 97% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 16
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 46.6%; rating input score 47

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -24.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58% of revenue deployed · 46.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.