Ropes Rites of Passage And Engagement for Success Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471374048
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Charlotte, NC, USA
Phone
7045953335
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$406,528
Expenses
$330,606
Assets
$20,322
Liabilities
$-35,734

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • Kenneth Simmons (Chairman): $63,399 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 Oriented Practices (ROPES) is a non-profit behavioral health provider focused on educating clients/families/stakeholders on the identification and treatment of mental illness. ROPES mission is to educate clients and families on ways to integrate into the community and stay in the home/community/school with less symptoms of mental illness interfering with their daily lives. ROPES offers services and programs that empower families and clients to learn how to identify and cope with mental illness. By using an education and evidence-based approach, our committed and compassionate team delivers an exceptional level of care to educate clients, families, and stakeholders to enhance functioning, human dignity, and wellness. By educating and empowering our beneficiaries we create a healthy environment that garners mutual respect, integrity, individuality, and collective recognition, as well as personal growth. ROPES offers educational support for children and adolescents in addition to

What it reported doing in 2024

ROPES offers Complex Residential services which are a short-term residential treatment service focused on members with primary intellectual disabilities/developmental disabilities (ID/DD) with co-occurring mental health diagnoses or significant behavioral challenges. Families/caregivers/guardians and other stakeholders such as schools, employers, natural supports, and primary care providers are actively engaged in treatment program and educated on strategies and interventions that could be replicated in non-residential settings. At minimum, family therapy and/or education/training/supportive services will be provided to the family/caregiver/guardian twice per month or more frequently, if needed. Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program (SAIOP) is a structured individual and group addiction education that are provided at an outpatient program. SAIOP is designed to educate adults and adolescents to develop recovery skills and learn life skills for recovery maintenance. Substance Abuse Comprehensive Outpatient Treatment (SACOT) program means a periodic service that is a time-limited, multi-faceted approach treatment service for adults who require structure and support to achieve and sustain recovery. SACOT Program is a service emphasizing a reduction in use of substances or continued abstinence, helping develop insight into the negative consequences of substance use, and development of social support network. SACOT supports necessary lifestyle changes in addition to supporting clients thru education, increasing social supports, improving family functioning, and vocational supports. Case management includes services that help clients meet daily needs and improve functioning in the home, school, and community. Case management includes four components assessment/identification of functional disability, education and referrals to medical and community providers, link to community resources, and monitoring and follow up to ensure adequate service delivery.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.1%; rating input score 65
  • Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 18.7%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.06; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.2%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 48.9% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.1% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $264K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.