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STRAIGHT & NARROW INC

EIN 22-6012277 PATERSON, NJ

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Revenue 2024
$30,492,248
Expenses 2024
$17,994,261

Program services were 95.8% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
F220
Classification
1000
Street
508 STRAIGHT ST

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Group exemption

A subordinate covered by the group exemption of UNITED STATES CATHOLIC CONFERENCE (EIN 53-0196617). matched by us

The IRS lists each organization's group exemption number; we match a subordinate to its central organization by that number and the affiliation code the IRS assigns.

Mission and programs · 2024

Mission

STRAIGHT AND NARROW (S&N) DEVELOPS AND DELIVERS QUALITY INTEGRATED STRAIGHT AND NARROW PROGRAM, PATERSON AND COMPREHENSIVE SPECIALIZED HEALTH CARE, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION SERVICES TO OUR COMMUNITY. OUR EXPERIENCED AND HIGHLY QUALIFIED PROFESSIONAL STAFF PROVIDE INNOVATIVE AND COMPASSIONATE SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS STRUGGLING WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS, PROMOTE HEALTHY COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN, AND ENCOURAGE FAMILY PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT ENSURING A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ALL OF OUR SERVICES. OUR STRENGTH LIES IN OUR ABILITY TO ADAPT TO CHANGE AS CARE DELIVERY AND COMMUNITY HUMAN SERVICES NEEDS REQUIRE. AS A COMMUNITY SERVICES PROVIDER, WE REMAIN ATTENTIVE TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF THOSE WE SERVE THROUGH EDUCATION, OUTREACH, AND VARIOUS PROGRESSIVE PRACTICES. STRAIGHT AND NARROW IS COMMITTED TO IMPROVING THE PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL AND COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMUNITY SERVED.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TREATMENT PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ADDICTIVE DISORDERS.

  • TREATMENT:ALPHA/DISMAS: LONG TERM RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS PROVIDING SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR ADULT MALE AND FEMALE CLIENTS INCLUDING CLIENTS WHO ARE ON MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, PREGNANT WOMEN AND WOMEN WITH YOUNG CHILDREN AND INMATE AND PAROLEE CLIENTS IN THE DRUG COURT AND MUTUAL AGREEMENT PROGRAMS. IN ADDITION, A COMPREHENSIVE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL/SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT, CLIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING ALONG WITH DIDACTIC GROUPS, 12-STEP AND RELAPSE PREVENTION EDUCATION ON-SITE AA/NA MEETINGS AND PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT IF INDICATED. GED CLASSES, WORK READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 24-HOUR MEDICAL SUPERVISION AND HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING ARE ALSO PROVIDED.MSGR. WALL SOCIAL SERVICES CENTER: THE CENTER PROVIDES OPIATE REPLACEMENT TREATMENT UTILIZING METHADONE DETOXIFICATION AND MAINTENANCE ALONG WITH INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING, AND MEDICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL SUPPORT SERVICES.OUTPATIENT TREATMENT FOR ADULT MEN AND WOMEN: CLIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT ON AN OUTPATIENT AND INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT LEVEL OF CARE. TREATMENT INCLUDES A COMPREHENSIVE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL/SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT, INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING ALONG WITH DIDACTIC GROUPS, 12-STEP AND RELAPSE PREVENTION EDUCATION AND HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING. DAY AND EVENING APPOINTMENTS ARE AVAILABLE.O'CONNOR HALL HALFWAY HOUSE: HALFWAY HOUSE RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM PROVIDING SUBSTANCE USE AND CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR ADULT MALES DRUG COURT CLIENTS INCLUDING CLIENTS WHO ARE ON MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT. IN ADDITION A COMPREHENSIVE BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL/SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT, CLIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING ALONG WITH DIDACTIC GROUPS, PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT IF INDICATED. GED CLASSES, WORK READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. FUNDED BY THE NEW JERSEY DIVISION OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES (DMHAS).DETOXIFICATION HOSPITAL: THIS IS A 26 BED STATE-LICENSED RESIDENTIAL DETOXIFICATION UNIT FOR ADULT MALES AND FEMALES. IN ADDITION TO MEDICALLY SUPERVISED DETOXIFICATION CLIENTS, CLIENTS RECEIVE INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP FAMILY COUNSELING AND DIDACTIC GROUPS INCLUDING RELAPSE PREVENTION AND GROUPS ON ALCOHOL, TOBACCO AND OTHER DRUGS ALONG WITH ON-SITE AA/NA GROUPS. CLIENTS WITH A DUAL DIAGNOSIS AND THOSE ON MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT ARE ACCEPTED. PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION IS AVAILABLE. ENHANCED DETOXIFICATION SERVICES SUCH, AS BENZODIAZEPINE DETOXIFICATION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.ALPHA II: THIS IS A LONG TERM RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM PROVIDING SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR ADULT FEMALE CLIENTS INCLUDING THOSE WHO MAY BE ON MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT. IN ADDITION TO CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY AND PSYCHOSOCIAL ASSESSMENT, CLIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING ALONG WITH DIDACTIC GROUPS, 12-STEP AND RELAPSE PREVENTION EDUCATION ON-SITE AA/NA MEETINGS AND PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT IF INDICATED. GED CLASSES, WORK READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING ARE ALSO PROVIDED.PASSAIC COUNTY: FUNDING IS PROVIDED FOR THREE DETOXIFICATION BEDS AND FOUR SHORT-TERM RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT BEDS FOR PASSAIC COUNTY RESIDENTS AS WELL AS PART OF THE PREVENTION BUDGET.

    Expenses $12,890,753 · Revenue $6,743,759

  • CHILD CARE CENTERS:LA VIDA CHILD CARE CENTER TOO: THIS PROVIDES EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AGED BIRTH THROUGH FOUR YEARS UNDER THE ABBOTT PROGRAM.LA VIDA CHILD CARE CENTER III: THIS PROVIDES EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION TO CHILDREN AGED BIRTH THROUGH FOUR YEARS WITH FUNDING FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.

    Expenses $60,700 · Revenue $54,040

  • OTHER ANCILLARY SERVICES:FAMILY SUCCESS CENTER (FCS): THIS IS A PART OF A MULTI-ORGANIZATION COALITION THAT PROVIDES PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PREVENTION SERVICES TO THE PATERSON COMMUNITY. SERVICES INCLUDE DEVELOPMENT OF "FAMILY SUCCESS" PLANS, ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY/EMPLOYMENT RELATED SERVICES, INFORMATION AND REFERRALS TO VARIOUS SERVICES (MATERNAL HEALTH, MEDICAL CARE, ETC.), LIFE SKILLS TRAINING (BUDGETING,NUTRITION, ETC.), PARENT EDUCATION, FAMILY ACTIVITIES AND ADVOCACY.ADULT MEDICAL DAY CARE/ RYAN WHITE: HIV+ CLIENTS ARE PROVIDED SERVICES SUCH AS PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; DIETARY AND PHARMACOLOGICAL SERVICES; CASE MANAGEMENT; INDIVIDUAL/GROUP SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELING; TRANSPORTATION TO APPOINTMENTS; SOCIAL SERVICE ADVOCACY AND TWO MEALS A DAY. SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

    Expenses $2,081,550 · Revenue $129,585

  • HOUSING SERVICES:S&N APARTMENTS: THIS SITE PROVIDES 23 ONE-BEDROOM APARTMENTS FOR LOW-INCOME PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS WITH RECREATIONAL FACILITIES.S&N APARTMENTS II: LOCATED HERE ARE 50 EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS FOR HOMELESS PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS WITH ON-SITE SOCIAL SERVICE ADVOCACY AND CASE MANAGEMENT.LONG TERM RESIDENTIAL MOTHERS AND CHILDREN: THIS LONG TERM RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM PROVIDES SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT FOR ADULT CLIENTS INCLUDING CLIENTS WHO ARE ON MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, PREGNANT WOMEN AND WOMEN WITH YOUNG CHILDREN WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN THE CUSTODY OF DIVISION OF CHILD PROTECTION AND PERMANENCY. IN ADDITION TO A COMPREHENSIVE BIO-PSYCHOSOCIAL/ SPIRITUAL ASSESSMENT, CLIENTS ARE PROVIDED WITH INDIVIDUAL, GROUP AND FAMILY COUNSELING ALONG WITH DIDACTIC GROUPS, 12-STEP AND RELAPSE PREVENTION EDUCATION ON-SITE AA/NA MEETINGS AND PSYCHIATRIC ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT IF INDICATED. GED CLASSES, WORK READINESS AND EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 24 HOUR MEDICAL SUPERVISION AND HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING ARE ALSO PROVIDED.

    Expenses $2,211,515

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Most Reverend Kevin J Sweeney

    BISHOP

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Sole Anselmi

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Dr Michelle Baron-Romans

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Deacon Peter Cistaro

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Michael Calabrese

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Edward Madzy

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Dennis Murray

    VICE PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Timothy Potter

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Rev Ed Reading

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • John Sullivan

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Msgr Herbert K Tillyer Pa

    PRESIDENT EMERITUS

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Reverend Martin Glynn

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Paul Wittekind

    TRUSTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    0.25 + 0.75 related
  • Scott Milliken

    CEO

    Total calculated
    $237,005
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $182,065
    Other
    $54,940
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $182,065 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $15,507 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $39,433 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $237,005 related
  • Mukesh Saxena

    CFO

    Total calculated
    $195,454
    From this org
    $0
    From related orgs
    $165,557
    Other
    $29,897
    Hours/week
    3 + 37 related

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $0 + $165,557 related
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0 + $4,967 related
    Nontaxable benefits
    $0 + $24,930 related
    Filer's total
    $0 + $195,454 related
  • Angela Nikolovski

    EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $194,176
    From this org
    $160,212
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $33,964
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $160,212
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $12,104
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,860
    Filer's total
    $194,176
  • Dr Hayman Rambaran

    MEDICAL DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $231,841
    From this org
    $193,400
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $38,441
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $193,400
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $14,282
    Nontaxable benefits
    $24,159
    Filer's total
    $231,841

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $30,492,248
    Expenses
    $17,994,261
    Contributions
    $21,556,687
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $23,892,388
    Expenses
    $20,401,639
    Contributions
    $15,825,794
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $30,758,569
    Expenses
    $20,841,166
    Contributions
    $12,284,296
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $21,051,636
    Expenses
    $21,008,908
    Assets (EOY)
    $19,004,729
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,252,811
    Expenses
    $22,362,497
    Assets (EOY)
    $20,672,942
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,422,878
    Expenses
    $24,617,002
    Assets (EOY)
    $18,657,657
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $25,192,720
    Expenses
    $23,769,458
    Assets (EOY)
    $17,764,180
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,625,222
    Expenses
    $23,797,515
    Assets (EOY)
    $16,250,476
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $24,818,958
    Expenses
    $24,497,211
    Assets (EOY)
    $15,820,595
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,077,389
    Expenses
    $19,056,218
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,791,315
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,940,193
    Expenses
    $19,748,817
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,386,837
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $19,555,622
    Expenses
    $19,365,030
    Assets (EOY)
    $13,884,506
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $18,725,343
    Assets (EOY)
    $14,169,528

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2024 return

Declared as related by

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Not present in the most recent drop.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.