Form 990 for tax year 2023

Totals

Total revenue

$781,193

Total expenses

$564,923

Contributions and grants received

$780,406

Grants paid

$0

Program service revenue

$350

Investment income

$437

Other revenue

$0

Total assets, end of year

$564,909

Total liabilities, end of year

$0

Net assets or fund balances, end of year

$564,909

Program services expenses (Part IX)

$527,865

Management and general expenses

$32,427

Fundraising expenses

$4,631

Program service expenses (Part III)

$527,865

Program services were 93.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Mission and programs · 2023

• FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4A - FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENT OUR CORE PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE, ALCOHOL AND OTHER-DRUG FREE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH PEOPLE IN RECOVERY CAN RECEIVE ONE-TO-ONE AND GROUP PEER SUPPORT, PARTICIPATE IN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, AND ENGAGE IN SOBER RECREATION AND SOCIAL ACTIVITIES. WE ALSO HOST OUTSIDE RECOVERY MUTUAL SUPPORT GROUPS SUCH AS ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS, NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, AL-ANON, AND FAMILIES ANONYMOUS. WE ALSO HOST PARENTING PROGRAMS, LIFE SKILLS GROUPS,AND HEALTHY ACTIVITIES SUCH AS YOGA. AMONG THE GROUPS/PROGRAMS WE FACILITATE OR CONDUCT ARE MAKING RECOVERY EASIER, AN EVIDENCE-BASED WORKSHOP SERIES THAT INTRODUCES PARTICIPANTS TO BASIC RECOVERY CONCEPTS AND ACTIVITIES; SMART RECOVERY, WHICH PROVIDES A PEER-LED INTRODUCTION TO ESTABLISHED CLINICAL TECHNIQUES FOR HANDLING STRESS,DIFFICULT EMOTIONS, SUBSTANCE CRAVINGS, ETC.; AND THE ALL-RECOVERY MEETING, A RECOVERY SUPPORT GROUP THAT WELCOMES PEOPLE ON ALL PATHWAYS TO RECOVERY. DUE TO A CATASTROPHIC FLOOD ON JULY 10, 2023, OUR FACILITY WAS DAMAGED AND IRREPARABLY INFECTED WITH TOXIC MOLD. AS A RESULT WE DID NOT HAVE A FACILITY IN WHICH TO CONDUCT OUR PROGRAMS UNTIL MAY 1, 2024. THUS, DURING THE REMAINING PERIOD UNTIL THE END OF OUR FISCAL YEAR ON JUNE 30, 2024, WE WERE ABLE TO WELCOME ONLY 235 UNIQUE INDIVIDUALS TO OUR RECOVERY CENTER.DURING THAT SAME TRUNCATED PERIOD OUR RECOVERY CENTER-BASED RECOVERY COACHES ENGAGED WITH 151 INDIVIDUALS.

  Expenses $246,789 · Revenue $262,390

• OUR 2ND PROGRAM IS CALLED "RECOVERY COACHES IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND INVOLVES PROVIDING PEER RECOVERY COACHES IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS OF TWO LOCAL HOSPITALS, CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER (CVMC)AND GIFFORD MEDICAL CENTER (GMC).THIS PROGRAM WAS NOT CONDUCTED AT OUR FACILITY AND SO WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE FLOOD. DURING THE PERIOD OF JULY 1, 2023, AND JUNE 30, 2024,OUR RECOVERY COACHES ENGAGED WITH 763 PATIENTS AT THE TWO HOSPITALS.

  Expenses $221,013 · Revenue $221,013

• FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4C WE HAVE A SPECIAL PROGRAM LINKING PEOPLE RECEIVING MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT (MAT) FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER WITH RECOVERY SUPPORTS AND THE LARGER RECOVERY COMMUNITY. DURING THE PAST YEAR OUR MAT GUIDES THE PEER RECOVERY COACHES RESPONSIBLE FOR CARRYING OUT THIS PROGRAM CONDUCTED RECOVERY SUPPORT MEETINGS AT REGIONAL AND LOCAL MAT CLINICS, PROVIDED INDIVIDUAL RECOVERY SUPPORT TO INDIVIDUALS WHO WERE IN, OR SEEKING TO BE INDUCTED INTO, THE MAT PROGRAM, AND FACILITATED RECOVERY GROUPS AT TURNING POINT INTENDED TO WELCOME MAT PATIENTS INTO THE LOCAL RECOVERY COMMUNITY. THE LATTER 2 ACTIVITIES WERE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY THE LOSS OF OUR FACILITY DUE TO THE FLOOD.

• FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4D - ALL OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS WE EXPANDED A PROGRAM STARTED LAST YEAR PROVIDING A RECOVERY COACH TO THE MONTPELIER POLICE DEPARTMENT (MPD) TO INCLUDE PROVIDING A RECOVERY COACH TO THE BARRE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT (BCPD) AS WELL. AS PER LAST YEAR, THESE RECOVERY COACHES ENGAGED WITH PERSONS ENCOUNTERED BY THE POLICE WHO EXHIBITED SYMPTOMS OF A SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER. THE RECOVERY COACH FOLLOWED UP WITH REFERRALS FROM MPD AND BCPD ON A WEEKLY OR OTHER REGULAR BASIS; ACCOMPANIED OFFICERS ON FOOT PATROLS THROUGH DOWNTOWN MONTPELIER AND BARRE CITY TO ENGAGE WITH INDIVIDUALS ON THE STREET AS WELL AS BUSINESS OWNERS; AND ATTENDED COFFEE WITH A COP" ACTIVITIES WITH AN OFFICER AT PUBLIC EVENTS. ANOTHER ADDITION TO THIS PROGRAM WAS TO SUPPORT FIRST RESPONDERS THROUGHOUT WASHINGTON COUNTY PURSUANT TO AN EVIDENCE-BASED LAW ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM CALLED, CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAMS (CIT).A FINAL PROGRAM INITIATED DURING THE FISCAL YEAR, CALLED THE BEACON PROJECT, WAS A COLLABORATION WITH MONTPELIER AND BARRE CITY EMS AGENCIES TO LINK A PEER RECOVERY COACH WITH PATIENTS ENCOUNTERED IN THE FIELD WHO HAD AN ACCIDENTAL DRUG OVERDOSE REVERSED BUT WHO REFUSED TO ACCOMPANY EMS TO THE HOSPITAL FOR FURTHER TREATMENT. THE INCOME ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PROGRAM WAS 26,953 AND THE EXPENSES TOTALED 29,009. WE STARTED A NEW PROGRAM FUNDED THROUGH A PREVENTION GRANT FROM THE UNITED WAY OF NORTHWEST VT TO ADDRESS A NEED IDENTIFIED IN OUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR SUBSTANCE USE SUPPORT FOCUSED ON YOUTH AND FAMILIES. THE PARENT PROJECT REFLECTS THIS STRATEGY WITH INTENTIONAL FOCUS ON SERVING RECOVERY NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCES WHO ARE CURRENTLY OR SOON TO BE PARENTS, TO CREATE HEALTHIER FAMILY ENVIRONMENTS AND IMPROVE THE LIVES OF YOUTH. THE PARENT PROJECT RECEIVED GRANT REVENUE OF 19,400 AND INCURRED 5,144 OF EXPENSES. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON PURCHASING AND RENOVATING A BUILDING INTO A STATE OF THE ART RECOVERY CENTER. WE RECEIVED 251,437 IN GRANTS AND DONATIONS AND SPENT 25,910 ON THE PURCHASE OPTION AS WELL AS DESIGN AND PLANNING. CONSTRUCTION WILL BEGIN IN FY25.

  Expenses $60,063 · Revenue $297,790

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type

form_990

Tax year

2023

Filed

15 May 2025

IRS schema version

2023v6.0

Source object

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