Ohio · Nonprofit
DR BOB'S HOME
DR BOB'S HOME (Ohio) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $326,628 to it, the largest being HIST PRESERV WILSON AND DR BOB S ($86,830). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $276k
- Funders on record
- 21
- Grants received
- $327k
- Net assets
- $1.9M
What Dr Bob's Home does
Mission
Our primary purpose is to maintain, restore and preserve the property at 855 ardmore ave. Which was the family home of physician robert holbrook smith, affectionately known as dr. Bob, one of the founding fathers of alcoholics anonymous (aa). This historic site in akron, ohio is the birthplace of this internationally known fellowship, which subsequently became the foundation of numerous other 12-step programs that are improving the lives of millions of people. Second, our ongoing mission is to help alcoholics by preserving the atmosphere of acceptance where early members achieved and maintained their sobriety. This prevailing attitude is simply expressed in our greeting, "welcome home." third, we educate the local community and beyond on how dr. Bob's home played a part in the formation of alcoholics anonymous and the manner in which alcoholics were helped in the early days.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Museum: the organization deploys passionate volunteers to provide historical tours of dr. Bobs home. It is in this home at 855 ardmore ave. In akron that dr. Bob and bill wilson developed the principles of aa and recruited the first members of aa. Many of the people whose stories are found in alcoholics anonymous, aa's "big book," used the smith home as a half-way house to recovery. The house has welcomed visitors from all over the united states and the world. Our museum is open every day (noon-3 p.m.) except on christmas.
$163,633 spent92% of program spendingFounders' day - we host several events around the annual alcoholics anonymous founder's day in june to celebrate the date aa-founder dr. Bob took his last drink.
$14,702 spent8% of program spendingGift shop: our gift shop sells dr. Bob's and aa merchandise as well as pieces of educational aa historical literature in support of the house.
$110,087 earned by the programHome preservation and archives: we maintain, restore and preserve dr. Bob's home. The home was named a national historic landmark on oct. 31, 1985, named a state historical site by governor richard celeste. On october 17, 2012 the home was named a national historic landmark. Additionally, we actively seek items that are relevant to dr. Bob's home and the founding of aa and seek to preserve and display these items.
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $178,335.
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 2017 to 2018, from $1.2M to $1.5M (+20%).
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.
54% of DR BOB'S HOME’s revenue is contributions — about as donation-reliant as the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 1 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.
Board chair
Ryan Graham
Chair
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 4 funders to 9 funders, grant income rose $13k → $27k.
2 of 21 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 32% 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 DR BOB'S HOME’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
DR BOB'S HOME has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 27% 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
34% 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 DR BOB'S HOME.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 72% · 2019 40% · 2020 43% · 2021 29% · 2022 35% · 2023 40% — diversifying over time.
“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
62% of DR BOB'S HOME's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 67% 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
55% of DR BOB'S HOME's grant income comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $104k 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
DR BOB'S HOME holds deeper cash reserves than three-quarters of the 13,754 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,754 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2024
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In Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
80% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
97%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for DR BOB'S HOME: 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 DR BOB'S HOME?
- DR BOB'S HOME (Ohio) receives grants from 21 organizations whose IRS filings report $326,628 to it, the largest being HIST PRESERV WILSON AND DR BOB S ($86,830). 14 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does DR BOB'S HOME have?
- IRS filings report 21 organizations giving $326,628 in grants to DR BOB'S HOME, 14 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of DR BOB'S HOME?
- HIST PRESERV WILSON AND DR BOB S is the largest funder on record, with $86,830 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like DR BOB'S HOME 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 21 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