Ohio · Nonprofit
ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL
ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,002,391 to it, the largest being ONEOHIO RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC ($523,688). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.7M
- Funders on record
- 17
- Grants received
- $2.0M
- Net assets
- $1.2M
What Addiction Services Council does
Mission
The Addiction Services Council strives to be the area's leading resource on alcoholism and other drug abuse/dependency and to promote effective solutions to these and other related problems. Serving the greater cincinnati area since 1949 our vision continues to be the creation of a community free from alcohol and other drug abuse and addiction and its tragic consequences. Until that vision is achieved we will continue to increase awareness, decrease stigma, advocate for solutions and provide services that ensure all who need help will receive it.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
The Addiction Services Council addresses alcohol, drug abuse, and other addictions/dependence issues across the full continuum of substance use disorders. From advocacy and community awareness, prevention, intervention, treatment, to recovery support services, we assist consumers and families in accessing care no matter the substance or the problem.we provide a 24-hour live, personal response hotline (513-281-7422), the only one of its kind in the region, and direct treatment services including assessment, individual and group counseling, and intervention services, offered on a sliding fee scale. Many of those we serve are indigent, and we remain committed to ensuring access even as public resources tighten. In 2024, the council handled approximately 14,000 calls for help, with 478 individuals receiving assistance through our recovery health access center (assessment, case management, and/or placement), and 67 receiving outpatient treatment services.we also provide six weekly groups for individuals awaiting intensive treatment placement, those exploring the need for care, people seeking recovery support, family members addressing enabling/self-destructive behaviors, and…
$817,158 spent$97,368 earned by the program43% of program spendingTo prevent adverse effects from substance use disorders, the council provides programs in schools and communities specifically designed for children, adolescents, and adults that focus on promoting social and emotional growth while providing accurate information about alcohol and other drugs. We provide alcohol and drug free activities at various sites in the area and operate a summer camp (kuumba) that highlights prevention of alcohol/drug abuse and tutoring for educational needs. The council reached approximately 30,000 individuals through prevention and education services including expanded community outreach, school-based programs, summer camp, eaps, overnight and weekend response teams, and gambling assessment/education programs.
$1,083,067 spent57% of program spending
The 2 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,900,225.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2023 to 2024, from $1.3M to $1.5M (+22%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 71% · 2018 78% · 2019 75% · 2020 85% · 2021 83% · 2022 86% · 2023 91% · 2024 81%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (51% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 5 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Lisa Mertz
CEO
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base narrowed from 7 funders to 2 funders, grant income fell $275k → $5k.
5 of 17 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 12% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 26% of grant income, and it takes 3 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 3 funders to its left
82% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 53% · 2018 76% · 2019 48% · 2020 61% · 2021 38% · 2022 69% · 2023 99% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
60% of ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 53% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
70% of ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $234k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 8,121 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 8,121 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Government funding ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $1.7M on record.
- Department of Justice$1.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
73% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL?
- ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL (Ohio) receives grants from 17 organizations whose IRS filings report $2,002,391 to it, the largest being ONEOHIO RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC ($523,688). 9 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL have?
- IRS filings report 17 organizations giving $2,002,391 in grants to ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL, 9 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL?
- ONEOHIO RECOVERY FOUNDATION INC is the largest funder on record, with $523,688 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like ADDICTION SERVICES COUNCIL find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Ohio. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 17 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing