Recovery Cafe Hamilton County Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
882879875
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Fishers, IN, USA
Phone
3174175222
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$211,773
Expenses
$198,195
Assets
$40,029
Liabilities
$6,355

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joylynn Foli (Executive Director)
  • Bryan Beasley (Associate Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Joylynn Foli (Executive Director): $56,003 total reported compensation
  • Bryan Beasley (Associate Executive Director): $41,388 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

At Recovery Cafe Hamilton County, our mission is to provide a welcoming and supportive community for individuals on their path to recovery in a judgment-free space. Together, we strive to transform lives from recovery and create a more compassionate society.

What it reported doing in 2023

The recovery cafe hamilton county strives to address the marginalization and multiplying harm faced by members of our community who may experience diverse challenges related to recovery. Recovery cafe hamilton county uses the proven healing power of the recovery cafe model to address these issues and support long-term recovery to those affected by trauma, substance use disorders and other addictions, mental health challenges, housing insecurity, domestic violence, grief, isolation and other recovery challenges. The recovery cafe model includes five core components: 1. Recovery circles: our circles are the heartbeat of the cafe. They offer a space for members to be truly seen and loved. Peer recovery support specialists facilitate our circles where members share their weekly challenges, gratitudes and goals. We facilitated 132 recovery circles in 2023-2024. 2. School for recovery: classes and workshops focused on social and emotional health as well as general education and provide a means for members to develop recovery capital. The classes are member-driven by trained instructors. 3. Community healing space: provides members with an inviting space to share a meal, connect with other members, reflect and work on recovery goals. In addition, the healing space is also where pro-social events occur and provide opportunities for participants to connect, gain ideas and inspiration from each other and have fun. Peer support specialists are also available to connect members with resources that address their basic and recovery needs. We had more than 600 member, guest, visitor and volunteer visits in 2023-2024. 4. Food and beverage program: we provide coffee, water and other beverages, snacks and a meal every day the cafe is open. We provided more than 800 meals in 2023-2024. 5. Member leader program: as a new recovery cafe, we are laying the groundwork with our members to begin to step into member leader roles in 2024-2025. Recovery cafe hamilton county collaborates with many community partners and we offer our space at no cost to community groups such as city and county health departments, recovery groups, indy vet center, hamilton county nonprofit executive directors and more.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 75% 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.

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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.8%; rating input score 73
  • Program expense ratio: 77.8%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: $13.29 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.2; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 49.1%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 59.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.8% of revenue deployed · 77.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $56K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 47/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.