Unicoi County Prevention Coalition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
822555372
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Erwin, TN, USA
Rating
65
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Reported finances

Revenue
$354,044
Expenses
$340,556
Assets
$27,103
Liabilities
$12,775

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTY A SMITH (Director): $60,700 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To reduce and prevent youth and adult substance abuse within Unicoi County, by collaborating with community partners to develop and implement effective intervention strategies.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, UCPC focused its efforts on evidence-based prevention strategies and community-wide education. Key accomplishments include: Youth-Led Public Service Announcement (PSA) Campaign: To address the rising concerns of underage drinking and tobacco use, UCPC engaged high school students in a creative art-based PSA initiative. Students developed original billboard designs focused on the dangers of social host laws (parents providing alcohol) and the correlation between substance use and mental health. oImpact: Winning designs by Peyton Higgins, Kennedie Renfro, Sydney Saldana, Khloe Potter, and Abigail Silva were featured on high-visibility billboards throughout Unicoi County, reaching an estimated population of over 17,000 residents. Drug-Free Communities (DFC) Program Expansion: Supported by the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grant, the coalition successfully implemented the Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) to identify local needs. This year, UCPC focused specifically on youth ages 1217, delivering educational materials and workshops to reduce the initiation of prescription drug and nicotine use. We reached 2,438 students in the schools system with our LEAD evidence based program, Playbl intervention program, and youth events. TDMHSAS Opioid Response (SOR IV) Initiatives and Block Grant: Through the SOR IV project and Block Grant, UCPC enhanced community access to opioid prevention resources. This included the distribution of medication safety lockboxes and resource guides that provide local families with immediate access to treatment and recovery support services. We distributed over 3,100 lockboxes and resource guides into Unicoi County. The Coalition served as a primary resource hub for Unicoi County by providing: Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Resources: Collaborative workshops with local health councils to address "Frequent Mental Distress" statistics highlighted in the 2025 Tennessee Health Data Package. Adult Education: Outreach programs targeting parents and guardians to clarify "Social Host" liabilities and the long-term biological risks of youth substance exposure. In 2025, UCPC managed a diverse portfolio of federal and state funding, ensuring all expenditures were strictly allocated to exempt purposes: Our biggest expenditure were: Student PSAs and Radio Ads totaling $20,625.00 from 5 grants Lockbox purchases - $ 40,145 12.95 per lock box UC Resource Guides - $8,835.00 at 2.85 per print costs for 3,100 resource guides

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 100% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 0
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 10th 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 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Limited
    • 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: 3.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.08; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.8% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $341K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $61K · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.