Spirit of Sebastian
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 923750436
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Bluffton, SC, USA
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $195,218
- Expenses
- $100,692
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Javier Zimbron (President & Founder)
People named in this filing
- Javier Zimbron (President & Founder)
- Joseph Sullivan (Outreach Manager)
- Ana Maria Zimbron (Treasurer Accounting Social Media)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Spirit of Sebastian Foundation was formed to educate and raise awareness about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse among youth parents and the community through prevention programs educational events and outreach activities. The organization also supports individuals and families affected by addiction by helping connect them with rehabilitation resources counseling services and recovery support. The foundation exists to promote prevention healing recovery and healthier communities.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization provides drug and alcohol prevention education rehabilitation support assistance and community outreach services to youth adults and families in the Lowcountry community. The organization serves individuals and families affected by substance abuse by helping provide access to rehabilitation programs counseling resources sober living support and prevention education. Key activities include organizing educational presentations in schools and community settings hosting prevention and awareness events for parents and youth collaborating with recovery organizations and treatment centers and providing financial assistance to individuals who cannot afford rehabilitation treatment. Program accomplishments during the year included supporting multiple individuals seeking recovery treatment conducting community prevention and awareness initiatives increasing education about the dangers of fentanyl and substance abuse and strengthening partnerships with local organizations dedicated to recovery and prevention efforts. Success is measured through the number of individuals assisted community outreach events conducted participation levels and increased awareness within the community regarding substance abuse prevention and recovery resources.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 77% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 50.6%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 48.4%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 94.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 60.4% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 50.6% of revenue deployed · 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $99K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.