Virginia · Nonprofit
COMMON RECOVERY
COMMON RECOVERY (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($13,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $419k
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $13k
- Net assets
- $406k
What Common Recovery does
Mission
Our Mission Statement Sharing the experience of God's transforming love with weary and hurting people through compassionate fellowship and life instruction. We show people the way out of addiction and into a life relationship of recovery with God
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
On its FY2025 return the organization reported a significant change in how it conducts a program.
No longer holding the women's meeting on Wednesdays, replaced with mentoring/goal setting for the men in the Peer Project.
Its own explanation, from Schedule O of that return (Part III, line 3).
Our Mission-Sharing the experience of God's transforming love with weary & hurting people through compassionate fellowship & life instruction. Part III Peer to Peer living. Affordable, sober, & structured housing for people to reside while breaking the cycle of addiction. In 2025, 9 men were served through the peer project. They are holding jobs and working, paying their bills, & building a firm foundation in every aspect of their lives. They are learning how to set goals and accomplish them. It's a brand new life for many who come into the Peer Project; they have only known the drug world, cheating, stealing, lying and so much more. Today these men know a different lifestyle-They are becoming men of their word, people trust them again, and they want to do the next right thing. It is very encouraging to us & newcomers to see their peers live out their recovery & enjoying this new life. When new people come into Common Recovery they look upon the wall of plaques hanging there with the pictures of the people who have commenced the Peer Project Program. They are inspired to see the successes & even recognize some of the faces. They want to see their pictures on the wall too. The most…
$37,402 spent$24,934 earned by the program61% of program spendingCommon Solution Recovery (CSR) Every Thursday, we hold an educational course in 6 week segments that runs consecutively. We present the definition of the problem, the solution, & the action required to fully recover from addiction & have a new life. This class is not limited to people in the Peer Project, but also is available for any man or woman who is struggling with alcohol/drug addiction & wants to stop. This year in 2025 we were able to hold 8 complete 6 week sessions in which we had 372 attendees, some new and some repeaters. Out of that, 27 completed the 6 week course. Some of them are working the steps & living in recovery, once desperate & broken themselves, now want to give back & help the newcomer. These ones can really be a benefit for the newcomer; to see their peers that have completed the course & still come back to class with them, sharing their strengths & hopes.The consumer has become a provider, not only for the benefit for the new people coming in, but also for themselves, because you can't keep it unless you give it away. We had 6 presenters this year to teach the class! Spiritual Growth (SG) Every Tuesday we hold a group to discuss spiritual principles using…
$13,067 spent21% of program spendingTransportation- This is another way that we work to accomplish our mission in serving the people that come to Common Recovery. Often times the people that come to us have many needs, one particular need is to be able to get around. Most don't have drivers licenses at first or can't afford a vehicle to drive themselves, that's why this part of our ministry is so valuable & needed. People that are trying to get their lives back in order and rebuild have many places that they need to get to such as court, probation, the store, classes & functions, AA meetings, doctors appointments, volunteering opportunities, even field trips, & some a ride when they get out of jail to come to Common Recovery. Whatever the reason or cause we try to meet the people where they're at, by providing as much as we can so that they can be successful as they begin to live their life in recovery. We are excited to announce that we now have been able to provide a van at the peer house so that the house manager is able to provide the rides people need.
$10,883 spent18% of program spendingOther program services, not described on the e-filed return.
$0 spent0% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $61,352.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2020, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2020, 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 2024 to 2025, from $155k to $406k (+162%).
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.
94% of COMMON RECOVERY’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (100% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 6 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.
Board chair
James Geisler
Chairman
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $6k → $7k.
1 of 1 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% 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 COMMON RECOVERY’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.
Where its funders are
100% of COMMON RECOVERY's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $13k arriving through sponsors registered in 1 state 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
COMMON RECOVERY runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 7,334 religion nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,334 religion nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like COMMON RECOVERY
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 Virginia
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
37% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for COMMON RECOVERY: 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 COMMON RECOVERY?
- COMMON RECOVERY (Virginia) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $13,000 to it, the largest being NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST ($13,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does COMMON RECOVERY have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $13,000 in grants to COMMON RECOVERY, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COMMON RECOVERY?
- NATIONAL PHILANTHROPIC TRUST is the largest funder on record, with $13,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COMMON RECOVERY find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Virginia. 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 FY2025 (financials across 2020–2025), and the filings of 1 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