Substance Abuse Prevention Team of Essex County Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 223231441
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Ticonderoga, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5185857424
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention Only
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,037,902
- Expenses
- $1,050,266
- Assets
- $260,833
- Liabilities
- $165,457
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Roger Catania (President)
Highest reported compensation
- TRACI PLOUFE (Executive Dir.): $84,035 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Mission of the Prevention Team is to support Essex County individuals and communities in their pursuit of healthy lifestyles and environments free from the negative effects of substance misuse and other addictive behaviors by providing relevant, science-based services and recovery supports in both school and community settings for all ages.
What it reported doing in 2025
Organization applies principles of Prevention Science and Recovery principles to address the evolving factors that contribute to substance misuse, addiction, and other behavioral health challenges across the lifespan. Guided by current research on trauma, (ACEs), toxic stress, and risk/protective factors; our Educators, Counselors, and Recovery Coaches work alongside schools, families, and community partners to strengthen resilience and promote well-being throughout Essex County. Addiction rarely exists in isolation & emerges at the intersection of multiple social, environmental, and personal challenges-poverty, mental health concerns, family instability, violence, discrimination, grief, and limited access to opportunity. By addressing these interconnected factors through evidence-based prevention strategies, we are responding to the pressing public health and social challenges of our time, including substance and alcohol misuse, suicide, bullying, chronic disease, violence and exploitation, incarceration, school disengagement/dropout, problem gam(bl)ing, technology addiction, accidental overdoses, alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, and the lasting effects of trauma and loss. Through prevention education, youth development, family strengthening, community engagement, and recovery support services, we help create environments where healthy choices and positive outcomes are more attainable. Our team changes life trajectories by addressing the root causes of addiction and strengthens protective factors across Essex County.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 76% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 81.1%; rating input score 81
- Program expense ratio: 80.1%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.63; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 81.1% of revenue deployed · 80.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $841K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $84K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 43/100.