Therapeutic Works Incorporated
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882423744
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Burlington, VT, USA
- Phone
- 8029227614
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $524,350
- Expenses
- $468,013
- Assets
- $122,526
- Liabilities
- $10,375
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ANDREW BARTNICK (PRESIDENT)
- DAVID MCCOLGIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CRYSTAL BARRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- CRYSTAL BARRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $45,385 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Therapeutic works incorporated (twi) provides clinical support services that are delivered directly in correctional facilities for pre-trial clients, those incarcerated for aprole violations, or other detained individuals, as well as for community referrals designed to assess, support, and address the clinical needs of clients involved in the criminal and family legal systems. Twi works collaboratively with defense counsel to evaluate mental health and substance use concerns, identify risk and protective factors, and develop individualized community or release plans that prioritize treatment engagement, stabilization, and continuity of care. Services are often most beneficial during early stages of a case or when treatment, housing, or clinical barriers arise.
What it reported doing in 2025
See schedule oscreenings: screening are conducted in the community or within correctional facilities and serve as the foundation of twi's involvement. The purpose of the screening is to gather relevant historical and contextual information while identifying protective and risk factors that may impact release decisions, case strategy, and treatment planning. Areas of focus include housing stability, mental health symptoms and treatment history, substance use history, education, criminal charges and convictions, employment, and familial or social support.expert witness testimony: twi staff are available to provide expert witness testimony related to professional credentials, scope of services, screening findings, and proposed community or release plans. Testimony is focused on addressing court concerns related to risk mitigation, treatment engagement, supervision, and public safety. When appropriate, testimony may explain the rationale for recommended services and how proposed plans support compliance with court-ordered conditions.responsible adult interviewings: twi conducts responsible adult interviews to assess the suitability of proposed individuals identified to support a client's release. Interviews focus on the responsible adult's understanding of court expectations, willingness and capacity to provide support or supervision, and awareness of the client's mental health and/or substance use needs. Twi also assesses boundaries, safety considerations, and potential stressors to determine whether the arrangement is viable and appropriate for court consideration.residence screenings: are completed in support of release proposals. Twi staff conduct in-person walkthroughs of proposed resicences to assess safety, living conditions, occupancy, and overall suitability for release. Screenings evaluate whether the residence supports compliance with court conditions and treatment engagement. Findings are documented and may be presented to the court or referenced in testimony.safety planning: twi develops individualized safety plans designed to reduce risk, increase predictability, and enhance safety for responsible adults, family members, and/or alleged victims. Safety plans may include communication guidelines, supervision expectations, emergency contacts, coordination with designated agencies or law enforcement, and clearly defined timeframes when twi is available to provide support by phone or in the home. Safety planning is particularly useful in cases involving mental health symptions, substance use concerns, or family system involvement an dcan strengthen release proposals by demonstrating proactive risk management. Reconsideration for treatment and housing denials: when treatment or housing placements are denied, twi can prepare written summaries to support reconsideration or appeal. This may include clarifying clinical information, addressing stated concerns, providing additional collateral documentation, and collaborating directly with denying agency to explore alternative pathways to admission. These summaries can be used by defense counsel in support of renewed referrals or court requests.plea deal and onh support: twi can assist defense counsel by reviewing proposed plea conditions or orders of non-hospitalization (onh) and offering recommendations that are clinically appropriate, realistic, and supportive of compliance. Recommendations focus on promoting treatment engagement and stability while minimizing unnecessary or counterproductive conditions that may increase the risk of violation.competency and sanity evaluations: twi supports competency and sanity evaluations by gathering and organizing collateral records, summarizing relevant psychosocial and treatment history, assisting clients in preparing for the evaluation process. Twi may also accompany and provide support to clients during evaluations when appropriate. This support can reduce anxiety, improve cooperation, and help ensure evaluators have access to complete
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 75.1%; rating input score 75
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
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: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 10.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.26; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 42.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 46.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 76.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67% of revenue deployed · 75.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $351K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 7/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 38/100.