Voices of Recovery San Mateo County

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273590734
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Redwood City, CA, USA
Phone
6509809801
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,414,165
Expenses
$1,277,614
Assets
$1,289,913
Liabilities
$120,329

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHARON HEATH MILLS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 11-25)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHARON HEATH MILLS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THRU 11-25): $147,779 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Voices of recovery san mateo county vorsmc honors and embraces all unique strengths and challenges along the journey of recovery. Vorsmc creates peer-led opportunities for education wellness advocacy and support services for individuals in or in need of long term recovery from alcohol and other drug addictions equally sharing these opportunities and support services with impacted families.

What it reported doing in 2024

Voices of Recovery San Mateo County VORSMC acknowledges and embraces the diverse strengths and challenges encountered on the path to recovery. VORSMC offers peer-led opportunities for education wellness advocacy and support services to individuals in or seeking long-term recovery from alcohol and drug addictions extending these services to affected families. Clients from the Latino Commission transitioning from drug court engage in workshops and training within this program to strengthen their recovery foundation within the community. They also take part in quarterly social events sponsored by Voices of Recovery San Mateo County. Recovery Happens Month is an annual observance in September in San Mateo County promoting awareness about how substance use and mental health services can empower individuals and families to lead healthy fulfilling lives. This observance features numerous events throughout September for hundreds of individuals in recovery from mental health and substance use challenges emphasizing the crucial role of behavioral health in overall well-being the effectiveness of prevention and treatment and the reality of successful recovery. SMC Peer Recovery Wrap offers personalized support to prevent relapse and foster sustained recovery from substance use disorders through one-on-one mentoring sessions for individuals in early recovery. Facilitated support groups utilize evidence-based practices to address key recovery issues and develop self-improvement plans using the Wellness Recovery Action Plan WRAP.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 97% 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 - 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: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 61.3%; rating input score 61
  • Program expense ratio: 67.5%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th 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: 90%; rating input score 90; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: 9.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.01; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.8% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 12.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 61.3% of revenue deployed · 67.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $863K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $148K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 43/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 43/100.