Safe Sober Living Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464839880
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Vineyard Haven, MA, USA
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Treatment Only

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$2,912
Assets
$1,249
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH S BERARDI (FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • TAMARA Y BUCHWALD (DIRECTOR)
  • JOANNE CARROLL HOMLISH (DIRECTOR)
  • ELIZABETH S BERARDI (FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Safe sober living was founded to advocate for the rights of individuals seeking recovery from substance use disorder by 1)confronting the stigma of alcohol and chemical dependency, 2)public education that addition is a disease, and 3)supporting common sense

What it reported doing in 2020

Launched comprehensive social media platforms to enhance public education about addiction and recovery issues and strategic partnerships in the non profit community

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 22.7%; rating input score 23
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 41.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.5% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 22.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $662 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2015 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.