Parents Opposed to Pot

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
454040373
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Merrifield, VA, USA
Phone
7032779745
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,006
Expenses
$58,938
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR KAREN RANDALL (PRESIDENT)
  • DR RUSSELL KAMER (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • JULIE SCHAUER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DR KAREN RANDALL (PRESIDENT)
  • DR RUSSELL KAMER (CO-PRESIDENT)
  • JULIE SCHAUER (VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Parents opposed to pot and its projects are designed to educate parents so they may educate their children. Its goals are to use blogging, social media, videos, and networking so that parents can prevent youth marijuana use and counter the cultural messages telling our youth that marijuana is harmless.

What it reported doing in 2023

In 2023, parents opposed to pot made its state anti-marijuana coalitions stronger, particularly in Texas, Florida and Illinois. It launched two projects with new websites, every brain matters, for family support, recovery and advocacy, and jennifer's messengers, to sound the alarm on marijuana-impaired driving. We worked on a film and videos to spread the anti-marijuana message. We attended a drug prevention convention in Florida, regional meetings and presented at online webinars. We participated every other week in nationwide drug prevention meetings, sharing news and concerns with other drug prevention groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 47
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 63.3%; rating input score 63
  • Fundraising efficiency: $39.65 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 78; 78th 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: 70%; rating input score 70; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -33.9%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.4% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.5% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 63.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 10 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2019 to 2023
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.