Partnership to End Addiction

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521736502
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2020
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2128415200
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,523,231
Expenses
$17,767,962
Assets
$59,804,528
Liabilities
$24,594,140

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

28 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CREIGHTON DRURY (CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER & PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CREIGHTON DRURY (CHIEF EXEC. OFFICER & PRESIDENT): $481,592 total reported compensation
  • EMILY FEINSTEIN (EXECUTIVE VP): $289,896 total reported compensation
  • DOUGLAS A LEU (CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER): $257,812 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

With decades of experience in research, direct service, communications and partnership-building, we provide families with personalized support and resources - while mobilizing policymakers, researchers and health care professionals to better address addiction (see schedule o) systemically on a national scale. Our mission is to transform how our nation addresses addiction by empowering families, advancing effective care, shaping public policy and changing culture. We equip parents, families, providers and other helpers with the knowledge, tools and support to take action to prevent substance misuse, address addiction and support recovery for their children.

What it reported doing in 2024

Research and technical assistance our experienced team of experts and practitioners works to develop, test and disseminate evidence-based trainings and technology-based tools designed to 1) improve the quality of substance use prevention, treatment, and recovery services for youth and young adults and 2) reduce gaps in care for people struggling with substance use. Our research agenda includes: creating digital interventions to address gaps in care for pregnant and post partum people; understanding parent and family behavioral patterns/ behaviors/ attitudes/ etc. To inform interventions; identifying effective and sustainable strategies for involving families in routine treatment and recovery services for youth; developing a sustainable national research (see schedule o) infrastructure to promote the science of family involvement in prevention, treatment, and recovery services; and coordinating a national research consortium to advance the field of addiction recovery science. Through collaborations with public and private partners, we have made tremendous strides to advance effective care. We share our findings broadly by publishing resources for caregivers, healthcare professionals and community leaders, as well as submitting partnership-led research for publication in life science journals and other outlets.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 91% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 97
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 71%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $5.58 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.6%; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 94.7%; rating input score 95; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -31.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.37; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.41; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99% of revenue deployed · 71% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $12.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $482K · 28 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $921K reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 28 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 17 filed related-organization links
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.