Recovery Connections Community

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
451586472
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Black Mountain, NC, USA
Phone
8286697874
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community Mental Health Center

Reported finances

Revenue
$687,956
Expenses
$668,955
Assets
$19,000
Liabilities
$19,000

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER A WARREN (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JENNIFER A WARREN (CEO): $77,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Recovery Connections Community is a recovery support service provider that?? offers various?? levels of opportunity to persons with sub stance use disorders and process addictions.

What it reported doing in 2017

Therapy groups and transportation to groups and vocational rehabilitation services

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 37
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.2%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: Limited
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.03; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 41.5% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 32.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 34.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $640K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $78K · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2013 to 2017
  • 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

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  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.