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Amersa INC

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Charlestown, RI501(c)(3)Mental Health EIN 22-2978919Revenue $1.1M in FY2025

On file with the IRSamersa.orgPo Box 952, 02813-0901 · Charlestown, RITax-exempt since Apr 1981Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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Amersa INC., founded in 1976, is an organization of interdisciplinary leaders whose mission is to improve health and well-being through interdisciplinary leadership and in substance use education, research, clinical care and policy.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
82¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
Run by 25 volunteers and 5 employees.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · People: Part I, lines 5–6

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FY2025 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 5
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $120K a year · 16% of revenue · last 5 filings
Looks good: a surplus in 5 of the last 5 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 5 filings
Spent on programs
82%
of spending
Looks good: 82% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$112K
to officers and key staff · 12% of spending
Top officer’s pay lower than 62% of similar orgs
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 12% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
12 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 11.7 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
2
named funders · $138K
Fine: 2 funders name it on their filings; under 3.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$388K
22% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 22% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
11
of 11 voting members
Looks good: 11 of 11 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$1.1M
+19% vs prior year
Spent
$910K
To programs
82%
Net assets
$1.4M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$1.1M
FY2025▲ +19%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$644K
FY2021$507K
FY2022$725K
FY2023$889K
FY2025$1.1M
Expenses
$910K
FY2025▲ +28%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$582K
FY2021$474K
FY2022$547K
FY2023$709K
FY2025$910K
Net assets
$1.4M
FY2025▲ +34%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$613K
FY2021$722K
FY2022$795K
FY2023$1.0M
FY2025$1.4M

From the FY2025 Form 990 (year ending June 2025) · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Apr 1981.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

82 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 82% · $751K Management & general 16% · $149K Fundraising 1% · $11K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

13 people listed on the 990; $112K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2024); the FY2025 filing did not itemize Part VII
Rebecca Northup
Executive Director
$112,292Pt VII · Sec A
Miriam Komaromy MD
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Chin Hwa Dahlem
Member-At-Large (as of 4/30/24)
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Raagini Jawa
Member-At-Large
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Rebecca Northup’s $112K as Executive Director is at the 38th percentile of top reported officer pay among 1683 $1–10M mental health nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 2 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Rebecca Northup$112,292$97,339$84,451$77,250$25,000
Doreen Maclane-Baeder——$93,068$85,403$81,779

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Improves health and well-being through substance use education, research, care, and policy.

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3 programs · $669K · in their own filed words · FY2024
01

Generated and disseminated state-of-the-art scientific information about substance use research, education and policy at its annual national conference.

$533Kprogram expense
02

Opioid Response Network

Collaborating, advancing, responding, educating

$86Kprogram expense
03

Generated and disseminated state-of-the-art scientific information about substance use, research, education and policy through the organization's peer-reviewed journal, substance abuse & addiction journal.

$51Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
American Academy of Addiction PsychiatryFY2024$132K
American Online Giving Foundation INCFY2024$6K
Total grants receivedfrom 2 funders$138K

By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$1.1M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$654K
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$361K
Investment incomeLn 3$40K
Money outPt IX
$910K
Ln 25
Programscol B$751K
Managementcol C$149K
Fundraisingcol D$11K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.4M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$891K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$388K
PeoplePt VI, VII
13
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a11
IndependentVI 1b11
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$361K
Government grantsLn 1e$201K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$654K
Investment incomeLn 3$40K
Other incomeLn 4–11$1K
Total revenueLn 12$1.1M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$716K
SavingsLn 2$174K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$891K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$722K
Total assetsLn 16$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$388K
Net assetsLn 32$1.4M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 55
VolunteersI 625
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY25End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$895K$891K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$566K$722K
Total assetsLn 16$1.5M$1.7M
LiabilitiesLn 26$295K$388K
Net assetsLn 32$1.2M$1.4M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1$1K$1K
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$124K$97K$22K$5K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$124K$97K$22K$5K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$3K$2K$1K$105
Other employee benefitsLn 9$10K$7K$3K$171
Payroll taxesLn 10$20K$16K$3K$719
Legal feesLn 11b$18K$18K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$216K$149K$67K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$1K$1K
Office expensesLn 13$51K$36K$15K
Information technologyLn 14$23K$17K$6K
OccupancyLn 16$6K$6K
TravelLn 17$8K$8K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$195K$194K$158
InsuranceLn 23$2K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$109K$109K
All other expensesLn 24e$36$36
Total functional expensesLn 25$910K$751K$149K$11K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest Viewing $1.1M$910K$146K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2024 Not on file
FY2023 $889K$709K$180K$1.0M 990 PDF
FY2022 $725K$547K$178K$795K 990 PDF
FY2021 $507K$474K$32K$722K 990 PDF
FY2020 $644K$582K$62K$613K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support O · Explanations
See the full FY2025 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $1,056,247 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $244,164$360,991
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $473,177$653,834
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $10,620$40,121
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $119$1,301
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $728,080$1,056,247
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$1,000
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $223,149$280,577
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $397,485$628,596
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $620,634$910,173
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $107,446$146,074
Part VI · Governance 11 of 11 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body11
VI-1b Independent voting members11
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $1,056,247 across 7 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $1,301 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1b Membership dues$104,785
VIII-1e Government grants$201,203
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$55,003
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$360,991
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $653,834$653,834
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $40,121$40,121
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $653,834 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $41,422$1,056,247
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $910,173 across 17 lines filed
IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $1,000$1,000
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $97,097 · Management $22,320 · Fundraising $4,845$124,262
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $96,612 · Management $22,208 · Fundraising $4,821$123,641
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $1,586 · Management $1,016 · Fundraising $105$2,707
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $6,959 · Management $3,015 · Fundraising $171$10,145
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $16,046 · Management $3,057 · Fundraising $719$19,822
IX-11b Legal feesPrograms $18,000$18,000
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $149,240 · Management $66,844$216,084
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $1,296$1,296
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $35,601 · Management $15,180$50,781
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $17,155 · Management $5,837$22,992
IX-16 OccupancyManagement $6,000$6,000
IX-17 TravelPrograms $8,002$8,002
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $194,403 · Management $158$194,561
IX-23 InsuranceManagement $1,828$1,828
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $109,016$109,016
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $36$36
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $750,717 · Management $148,795 · Fundraising $10,661$910,173
Part X · Balance sheet $1,747,365 assets, 13 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $769,019$716,136
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $125,782$174,491
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $15,001$99,697
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $3,910$34,592
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $566,487$722,449
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $1,480,199$1,747,365
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $6,361$6,500
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $288,640$381,737
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $295,001$388,237
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,021,894$1,179,040
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $163,304$180,088
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $1,185,198$1,359,128
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $1,480,199$1,747,365
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,359,128 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$1,056,247
XI-2 Total expenses$910,173
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$146,074
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$1,185,198
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$27,199
XI-8 Prior period adjustments$657
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,359,128

Form 990 e-file (XML) FY2025 from the IRS · Classification, formation year and address from the IRS Business Master File

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