Recovery House Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521295114
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Wallingford, VT, USA
Phone
8024462640
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,901,789
Expenses
$4,163,921
Assets
$2,941,573
Liabilities
$264,139

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM CARRIS (PRESIDENT)
  • CHADD VIGER (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHADD VIGER (CEO): $168,936 total reported compensation
  • NICOLE KRAYER (CFO): $94,708 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of recovery house, inc. Is to provide adults auffering from addiction a residential treatment setting that recognizes addiction as a treatable, chronic disease.

What it reported doing in 2024

We provide evidence based, individualized treatment plans, designed to give clients the tools necessary to maintain a substance free lifestyle within a framework of community based supports. Recovery house, inc. Endorses participation in 12 step groups with the goal of achieving optimal outcomes. Affordability for those who do not have insurance our services are based on a sliding fee scale established by the Vermont office of alcohol and drug abuse programs. If a person in need cannot afford even what the sliding scale would reflect we will admit the client anyway and seek to bill them upon completion of treatment. Substance abuse compassionate staff are available 24/7 to provide residential substance abuse detoxification, treatment and therapeutic community services for men and women in need. Prevention we provide information, skills and resources around alcohol and drugs as well as HIV, hepatitis c, and tuberculosis. We also provide tai chi which helps clients to channel their restlessness in alternative ways to promote positive lifestyle changes. Families serenity house offers visiting on sunday afternoons from 1 p.m. To 2:30 p.m. Families are more than welcome to visit at clients at grace house during that time as well. Individual counselors at serenity house & grace house will often try to involve the families as much as a client will allow. Families may come in for sessions or be part of a phone conference.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 98.2%; rating input score 98
  • Program expense ratio: 92%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.7%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.71; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.3%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 98.2% of revenue deployed · 92% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 9 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.