Overdose Lifeline Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471333720
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
8445543354
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,849,950
Expenses
$8,335,931
Assets
$7,600,272
Liabilities
$221,279

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JUSTIN PHILLIPS (CEO & FOUNDER)
  • NANCY MUTCHMORE (PRESIDENT)
  • NICK SCHELLINGER (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JUSTIN PHILLIPS (CEO & FOUNDER): $240,307 total reported compensation
  • KEITH BEAVEN (COO): $106,300 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To carry the message of hope to individuals, families, and communities affected by the disease of addiction.

What it reported doing in 2025

Training and education: the organization provides training and education in various forms.- camp mariposa- aaron's place, is a yearlong program intended to prevent and reduce substance use disorder ("sud") and juvenile justice involvement for children ages 9-12 affected by the sud of a family member. Aaron's place has expanded to more than one location and now includes addressing the 13-17 year old age group.- preventure is an evidence based substance use disorder prevention program for youth. The organization is an official provider of preventure training and implementation in the united states.- craft (community reinforcement and family training) is an evidence based program that helps family and friends develop strategies for helping their loved ones who are struggling with a substance use disorder.- opioid and sud training and courses. The organization has developed various trainings with the goal of helping individuals, professionals, and businesses better respond to the opioid crisis and engage with and support those affected by substance use disorder. The organization has also developed a 20-credit certificate program and continuing education online courses providing ce credits.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 87% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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: 70
  • Accountability: 86
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.7%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: $33.82 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -6.2%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.2%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 27.8% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 29.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.7% of revenue deployed · 93.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $7.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $240K · 16 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $376K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.