The Recovery Den Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
932207560
IRS 990 coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Jasper, AL, USA
Phone
2054713938
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Reported finances

Revenue
$220,780
Expenses
$235,493
Assets
$82,171
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NIKKI WARREN (President)
  • STEPHANIE DEBTER (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • NIKKI WARREN (President)
  • STEPHANIE DEBTER (Vice President)
  • BRANDY FELTMAN (Secretary)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Recovery Den, Inc. will provide a safe, nonjudgmental space for people struggling with substance use disorders to connect with resources and peer support. The center will offer free and confidential services in a relaxed, compassionate setting.The solution we propose is a peer-lead recovery community center that provides wrap-around services to support long-term sobriety and wellness. This includes: Peer Support Groups: Facilitated peer support groups and sober social events create opportunities for connection and accountability.Professional Counseling: Licensed counselors provide free one-on-one and family counseling sessions. Counseling will focus on addiction, mental health, relationships, trauma and relapse prevention.Clothing and Toiletries: A clothing closet and toiletries pantry will provide essential items for those in need.Resource Referrals: We will maintain strong partnerships with other local organizations to provide referrals for housing, medical care, job opportunities

What it reported doing in 2025

The Recovery Den, Inc. will provide a safe, nonjudgmental space for people struggling with substance use disorders to connect with resources and peer support. The center will offer free and confidential services in a relaxed, compassionate setting.The solution we propose is a peer-lead recovery community center that provides wrap-around services to support long-term sobriety and wellness. This includes: Peer Support Groups: Facilitated peer support groups and sober social events create opportunities for connection and accountability.Professional Counseling: Licensed counselors provide free one-on-one and family counseling sessions. Counseling will focus on addiction, mental health, relationships, trauma and relapse prevention.Clothing and Toiletries: A clothing closet and toiletries pantry will provide essential items for those in need.Resource Referrals: We will maintain strong partnerships with other local organizations to provide referrals for housing, medical care, job opportunities and other critical services.Community Education: We will provide informational materials, attend town hall meetings and utilize other resources to be able to offer continued educational units focused on recovery, mental health, life skills and personal development.By centralizing services and programs under one roof, The Recovery Den, Inc. lowers barriers to access and create opportunities for holistic, long-term recovery. Our solution is to demonstrate the recovery journey as a community effort, not an individual struggle. By fostering social connections and meeting basic needs, The Recovery Den, Inc. gives people the resources and support system to build a life in recovery.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 99.3%; rating input score 99
  • Program expense ratio: 93.1%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 6th 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: 0 of 7 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 97.5% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 68.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 99.3% of revenue deployed · 93.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 4 board members independent · 0 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $219K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.