Recovery Cafe Longmont

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832060567
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Longmont, CO, USA
Phone
7208152885
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Counseling, Support Groups

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,953,639
Expenses
$1,220,073
Assets
$3,461,143
Liabilities
$409,344

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CLAIRE CLURMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • CRYSTAL YEPEZ (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER JEPSEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER JEPSEN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $106,801 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Recovery cafe longmont's mission is to be a community of refuge and healing for people in recovery.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, recovery caf longmont (rcl) had 4,396 total client visits; served approximately 6,625 meals, 338 recovery circles, and 315 school for recovery classes. 216 new members were enrolled, and each member attends a weekly recovery circle.in september 2025, rcl increased hours of operation from 25 to 32 hours per week, now operating tuesday through friday from 11 am to 7 pm. Rcl now hosts 7 recovery circles in the caf, and 6 satellite circles at community partner locations.2025 self-reported data: 95% of members say their desire to be in recovery has increased; 75% have maintained sobriety for 6 months or more; 82% say rcl has helped them prevent a relapse in substance/alcohol use; 87% say their mental health has improved; 56% reported that their housing situation has improved; 88% strongly agree that rcl has given them more hope in life, and 100% of members report knowing people at the caf who will listen and understand me when i need to talk.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 45
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 38.9%; rating input score 39
  • Program expense ratio: 61%; rating input score 61
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 27; 27th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 37.5%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.84; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.12; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.8%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 24.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 33.3% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 43.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 38.9% of revenue deployed · 61% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $744K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $107K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 27/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 41/100.