Va Council on Problem Gambling
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274844565
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2019
- Location
- Richmond, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8044619501
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Gambling Addiction
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $137,188
- Expenses
- $134,679
- Assets
- $57,506
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Carolyn Hawley PhD (President)
People named in this filing
- Carolyn Hawley PhD (President)
- Laurie Cathers PhD (Secretary)
- Amy Armstrong PhD (Director)
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
To improve the well-being of Virginians impacted by gambling.
What it reported doing in 2025
Handled 21,983 calls made to the VCPG 24-hour confidential, toll-free helpline - a 39% increase over 2023. Resulted in 1,508 intakes as a result of caller asking for help with problem gambling.Shared information through monthly email newsletter, website, webinars, and social media engagement. Advocated for comprehensive policy and programs to promote prevention and alleviate problem gambling and promote responsible gaming.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.9%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 89.5%; rating input score 90
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: 1.8%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 34; 34th 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: 40.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.9% of revenue deployed · 89.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $121K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.