Veterans Recovery Resources

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474013431
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Mobile, AL, USA
Phone
8666487334
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Military, Veterans' Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,952,306
Expenses
$5,033,753
Assets
$17,583,150
Liabilities
$15,689,939

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JERRY STEELE (PRESIDENT)
  • MIKE DOW (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN KILPATRICK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN KILPATRICK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $204,050 total reported compensation
  • LARRY KNIGHT (CHIEF ADMIN OFFICER): $128,556 total reported compensation
  • CARRIE A RUSSELL (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $122,164 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to remove barriers to care, deliver quality integrated health care, and build a better community through recovery and connection. Our vision is to build a thriving community where service members, veterans, first responders, and their families are receiving the care needed to accelerate overall well-being.

What it reported doing in 2024

Veterans recovery resources opened our interdisciplinary, trauma informed outpatient clinic in 2018 and met the federal criteria for a certified community behavioral health clinic (ccbhc) in 2023. We opened our 34-bed inpatient detox & residential treatment program specifically designed for service members, veterans and their families in june 2024. All our clinical programs are certified by the Alabama department of mental health (levels iii.7d, iii.7, iii.5, ii.1 & i). We are accredited by the joint commission for healthcare accreditation. Vets recover served 680 unique individuals through our inpatient & outpatient clinical programs. Our community integration program provided education, recreation & outreach to 9,414 service members, veterans and their families in 2024.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 84% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 65
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.4%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $122.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.49; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 37.8% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 43.3% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.4% of revenue deployed · 68.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $204K · 15 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $299K reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.