Richard J Caron Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
236050680
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Wernersville, PA, USA
Phone
6106782332
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$92,269,633
Expenses
$104,280,939
Assets
$113,396,946
Liabilities
$33,054,873

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

Leadership & pay

53 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN P DRISCOLL (CEO, PRESIDENT)
  • SEAN D LAVELLE (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LAURIE MAYER TILL 12025 (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT MARKETING)
  • DAVID ROTENBERG TILL 42024 (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM D TEUTEBERG III (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ARIELLA JONAS (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN P DRISCOLL (CEO, PRESIDENT): $668,539 total reported compensation
  • ADAM SCIOLI (MD): $419,103 total reported compensation
  • MING WANG (MD): $327,910 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Recovery for life

What it reported doing in 2024

Caron's education department has a mission to provide comprehensive substance use education, and supportive services along the full continuum of care, from prevention to recovery, for students, families and professionals using evidence-informed and innovative strategies. Our program consistently provides quality programming to schools and child serving agencies, and we had 93,448 youth interactions in 738 schools and agencies last year. In addition we provided support to 8,970 parents and caregivers and provided training and education to 6,616 professionals.richard j caron foundation provided inpatient substance abuse treatment to approximately 301 adolescents and young adults in the current year. Caron provided approximately 9,966 days of care to these patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.8%; rating input score 94
  • Program expense ratio: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 95.2%; rating input score 95; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.7%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.8% of revenue deployed · 82.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 33 of 33 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $86.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $669K · 53 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $8.5M reported
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 22 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 8 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.