Recovery Resources

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841841754
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2020
Location
Kingsport, TN, USA
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention Only

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,070,769
Expenses
$1,119,624
Assets
$916,515
Liabilities
$1,047

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Meagan Fisher (President)
  • John Fisher (Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tabitha Edwards (Executive Dir.): $73,503 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Empowering our communities to thrive beyond addiction

What it reported doing in 2024

Recovery homes. *2nd round of Sullivan Co Opioid Abatement dollars awarded. *Growth of Fatherhood Empowerment Initiative - completed staff training and first round of Fraternity of Fathers for 11 dads. Rehabbed Father/Kid visitation space and have had fathers having overnight with their children in that space this year. *Started a monthly music group with the financial sponsorship of the Fletcher Group and Hickory Hill Recovery - a staff hosts a music group with guitars for 12 participants to use and practice on. Teaching them basic guitar skills. *Fitness group - in partnership with Kingsport Fitness, 12 guys attend a fitness group at the gym weekly. Workout sessions, health and wellness training. *Social Enterprise - RRTN Lawncare service began in April - 3 participants make up the lawncare crew providing lawncare to the region. Total 85 individual lawns for this current season. 3 full time jobs provided. *RRTN Vehicle assistance program - Purchase of fixer up cars. Participants fix the vehicles. Put participants in the cars. Return them to being self-sufficient making employment easier and helping them get where they need to go. 20 vehicles provided this year. *Added 6 staff including 3 for lawncare crew and 3 CPRS staff for additional peer support. *Utilized funds raised from annual Polar Plunge to begin a High school scholarship program for high schoolers impacted by substance abuse. Created a committee of 5 to review scholarship applications and award those scholarships. Gave 6 $1000 scholarships to high school students this year. *Sponsored two soft ball teams - participants get a sense of engagement and community through community based softball. *Added two houses in Johnson City for a total of 30 additional beds. Those beds are full and 30 additional men are now housed raising total capacity to 147.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 62% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 93
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 94.1%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 89.9%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $461.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 96; 96th 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.82; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 44.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 46.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 46% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.1% of revenue deployed · 89.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 14 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $74K · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.