Will Work for Recovery: Financials & Form 990

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2021	$68K
FY2022	$68K
FY2023	$437K
FY2024	$485K
FY2025	$677K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2021	$71K
FY2022	$66K
FY2023	$385K
FY2024	$388K
FY2025	$613K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2021	−$23K
FY2022	−$21K
FY2023	$31K
FY2024	$129K
FY2025	$193K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in May 2016.

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

Where the money goes

57 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

57%

43%

Program services 57% · $350K Management & general 43% · $262K

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

2 people listed on the 990; $194K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Paul Bierch

President
Hours a week: 35

$97,000Pt VII · Sec A

Carolyn Niesche

Executive Director
Hours a week: 40

$97,000Pt VII · Sec A

Paul Bierch’s $97K as President is at the 82nd percentile of top reported officer pay among 2094 $100K–1M 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

Name	FY2025	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021
Paul Bierch	$97,000	$90,000	$116,981	$1,900	$2,100
Carolyn Niesche	$97,000	$90,000	$116,981	$1,900	$2,100

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization, with a nickname or small spelling change read as the same person. 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

Updates and questions

Helps individuals recovering from substance abuse find hope and become productive community members.

Our summary of the filed mission and programs (Form 990 Part III, line 4), not the words of the organization.

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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 · from the funders’ 2023 returns

Dated by each funder’s own filing year, which may not match this organization’s fiscal year.

Amazonsmile Foundation$44

Total grants received, 2020–2023from 3 funders$7K

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By the numbers

The FY2025 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$677K

Ln 12

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$467K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$187K

Other incomeLn 4–11$20K

Money outPt IX

$613K

Ln 25

Programscol B$350K

Managementcol C$262K

Owns and owesPt X

$193K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$183K

Total assetsLn 16$201K

LiabilitiesLn 26$8K

PeoplePt VI, VII

2

listed · VII A

PaidVII A2

Voting boardVI 1a5

IndependentVI 1b5

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Gifts and grantsLn 1h$467K

Government grantsLn 1e$308K

Fees for servicesLn 2g$187K

Investment incomeLn 3$4K

Other incomeLn 4–11$20K

Gains on assetsLn 7$20K

Total revenueLn 12$677K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$183K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$183K

Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$18K

Total assetsLn 16$201K

LiabilitiesLn 26$8K

Net assetsLn 32$193K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 514

VolunteersI 638

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aNo

Whistleblower policyVI 13No

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY25	End FY25
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$125K	$183K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c	$19K	$18K
Total assetsLn 16	$143K	$201K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$15K	$8K
Net assetsLn 32	$129K	$193K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Grants to domestic organizationsLn 1	$175	$175
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5	$194K		$194K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7	$163K	$163K
Other employee benefitsLn 9	$2K	$2K
Payroll taxesLn 10	$28K		$28K
Accounting feesLn 11c	$15K		$15K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$3K		$3K
Advertising and promotionLn 12	$2K	$2K
Office expensesLn 13	$6K	$6K
OccupancyLn 16	$100K	$100K
TravelLn 17	$189	$189
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$3K		$3K
InterestLn 20	$549		$549
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22	$3K	$3K
InsuranceLn 23	$10K	$10K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$77K	$62K	$15K
All other expensesLn 24e	$6K	$3K	$2K
Total functional expensesLn 25	$613K	$350K	$262K	$0

Part VII lists each person's pay for the calendar year, including pay from related organizations and from people who have left; Part IX, line 5 is this organization's own cost for its current officers and key staff over its fiscal year.

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Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2025 Latest ViewingFiled with the IRS May 4, 2026	$677K	$613K	$65K	$193K	990 PDF
FY2024Filed with the IRS May 5, 2025	$485K	$388K	$97K	$129K	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS May 2, 2024	$437K	$385K	$52K	$31K	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS May 2, 2023	$68K	$66K	$3K	−$21K	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS May 13, 2022	$68K	$71K	−$3K	−$23K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support D · Assets and endowments O · Explanations

See the full FY2025 990

Part I · Summary $677,083 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $460,627$466,698

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $24,525$187,357

I-10 Investment income$23,028

I-11 Other revenue$0

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $485,152$677,083

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$175

I-14 Benefits paid to members$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $236,652$387,251

I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $151,117$225,137

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $387,769$612,563

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $97,383$64,520

Part III · Program service accomplishments 1 program, $347,560 spent

III-4a Assisting persons suffering from substance abuse disorders in their recovery.includes $175 in grants$347,560

Part IV · Checklist of required schedules 2 of 48 answered Yes, no flags

IV-1 A 501(c)(3) charity (Schedule A)Yes

IV-2 Lists its large donors to the IRS (Schedule B)No

IV-3 Took part in a political campaignNo

IV-4 LobbiedNo

IV-5 Owes proxy tax on member duesNo

IV-6 Holds donor advised fundsNo

IV-7 Holds conservation easementsNo

IV-8 Holds art or historical collectionsNo

IV-9 Credit counseling or escrow accountsNo

IV-10 Holds endowment fundsNo

IV-11a Reports land, buildings and equipmentYes

IV-11b Reports investments in other securitiesNo

IV-11c Reports program-related investmentsNo

IV-11d Reports other assetsNo

IV-11e Reports other liabilitiesNo

IV-11f Uncertain tax positions footnoteNo

IV-12a Its own audited financial statementsNo

IV-12b In a group's audited financial statementsNo

IV-13 Runs a schoolNo

IV-14a Has an office, staff or agents outside the USNo

IV-14b Over $10,000 of activity outside the USNo

IV-15 Over $5,000 in grants to groups abroadNo

IV-16 Over $5,000 in aid to people abroadNo

IV-17 Over $15,000 to paid fundraisersNo

IV-18 Over $15,000 from fundraising eventsNo

IV-19 Over $15,000 from gamingNo

IV-20a Runs a hospitalNo

IV-21 Over $5,000 in grants to US groupsNo

IV-22 Over $5,000 in grants to US peopleNo

IV-23 Reports top pay in detail (Schedule J)No

IV-24a Over $100,000 in tax-exempt bondsNo

IV-25a Gave an insider an excess benefit this yearNo

IV-25b Found an excess benefit from a past yearNo

IV-26 Loan to or from an officer or insiderNo

IV-27 Grant to an insider or their familyNo

IV-28a Business deal with an officer or directorNo

IV-28b Business deal with an officer's familyNo

IV-28c Business deal with a firm an officer controlsNo

IV-29 Over $25,000 in noncash giftsNo

IV-30 Gifts of art or historical itemsNo

IV-31 Closed down or dissolvedNo

IV-32 Sold or gave away over 25% of its net assetsNo

IV-33 Owns a single-member companyNo

IV-34 Related to other organizations (Schedule R)No

IV-35a Controls another organizationNo

IV-36 Transfers to a related non-charityNo

IV-37 Activity through a partnershipNo

IV-38 Explains answers in Schedule ONo

Part V · Other IRS filings and tax compliance no flags

V-1a Forms 1099 filed4

V-1b Forms W-2G filed0

V-2a Employees on W-2 forms14

V-2b Filed its payroll tax returnsYes

V-3a Over $1,000 of unrelated business incomeNo

V-4a Holds an account in a foreign countryNo

V-5a Party to a prohibited tax shelterNo

V-5b Knew another party was in a tax shelterNo

V-6a Raised gifts that are not tax deductibleNo

V-14a Sold indoor tanningNo

V-15 Owes tax on pay over $1 millionNo

V-16 Owes the college endowment taxNo

Part VI · Governance 5 of 5 board members independent, 3 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body5

VI-1b Independent voting members5

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyNo

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-15a Process for setting top official's paySchedule OCompensation for the executive director is determined by the board of directors through a comprehensive review process and final voteYes

Part VII · Officers, directors and key employees 2 people listed, 2 paid by the organization

VII-1a Carolyn NiescheExecutive Di · 40 hours a week$97,000

VII-1a Paul BierchPresident · 35 hours a week$97,000

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $677,083 across 7 lines filed

VIII-1e Government grants$307,568

VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$159,130

VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$466,698

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $187,357$187,357

VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3,528$3,528

VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsRelated to mission $19,500$19,500

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $210,385$677,083

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $612,563 across 17 lines filed

IX-1 Grants to domestic organizationsPrograms $175$175

IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Management $194,000Part VII lists each person's pay for the calendar year, including pay from related organizations and from people who have left; Part IX, line 5 is this organization's own cost for its current officers and key staff over its fiscal year.$194,000

IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $162,610$162,610

IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $2,141$2,141

IX-10 Payroll taxesManagement $28,500$28,500

IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $15,474$15,474

IX-11g Other fees for servicesManagement $2,956$2,956

IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $1,587$1,587

IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $5,731$5,731

IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $99,737$99,737

IX-17 TravelPrograms $189$189

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $3,003$3,003

IX-20 InterestManagement $549$549

IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $2,811$2,811

IX-23 InsurancePrograms $10,159$10,159

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $61,827 · Management $15,307$77,134

IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $3,404 · Management $2,403$5,807

IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $350,371 · Management $262,192 · Fundraising $0$612,563

Part X · Balance sheet $200,976 assets, 8 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $124,520$182,857

X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $18,930$18,119

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $143,450$200,976

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $3,677$7,669

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $14,663$7,669

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $128,787$193,307

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $128,787$193,307

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $143,450$200,976

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $193,307 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$677,083

XI-2 Total expenses$612,563

XI-3 Revenue less expenses$64,520

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$128,787

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$193,307

Part XII · Financial statements and reporting Audited: No

XII-2b Financial statements audited by an independent accountantNo

Schedule O · Explanations 5 explanations

O-1 Form 990 - organization's missionTo restore hope and encourage individuals suffering from substance abuse disorder in recovery; one step at a time, one day at a time, one life at a time. To support their development into productive members of our communities.

O-2 Part III, line 4dDepreciation of vehicle used in assisting persons suffering from substance abuse disorders.

O-3 Part VI, line 11bCopies of form 990 are presented for review and approval of each board member of the board of directors

O-4 Part VI, line 15aCompensation for the executive director is determined by the board of directors through a comprehensive review process and final vote

O-5 Part VI, line 19No documents available to the public

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