California · Nonprofit
MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC
MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,148,595 to it, the largest being RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION ($203,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $52M
- Funders on record
- 23
- Grants received
- $1.1M
- Net assets
- $16M
What McAlister Institute for Treatment & Education Inc does
Mission
Mcalister institute provides professional services that heal the lives of individuals and families, improving the quality of life in communities through the miracle of recovery.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
As one of san diego's largest resources for individuals and families impacted by substance use and co-ocurring health conditions, mcalister institute offers a full continuum of substance use disorder treatment for individuals across the lifespan that includes screening and assessment, individual and group counseling, family therapy, case management, treatment planning, housing supports, linkages to physical helath, co-operative day care, reunification support, and recovery services. This includes 10 outpatient programs, 4 residential programs, and 2 detoxification programs that served a total of 6,860 individuals and families last year.
$34,064,484 spent$45,354,888 earned by the program92% of program spending3,543 individuals and families received prevention, education, screening, brief intervention, stabilization, diversion, and/or other supportive services to address needs related to alcohol and other drugs.
$1,196,574 spent$1,387,909 earned by the program3% of program spending12,359 individuals experiencing homelessness or at-risk of experiencing homelessness were supported through a variety of outreach, engagement, case management, and supportive housing services. This includes direct housing support for 1,283 individuals.
$1,966,433 spent$1,819,903 earned by the program5% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $37,227,491.
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 2024 to 2025, from $18M to $31M (+69%).
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 84% · 2018 86% · 2019 92% · 2020 95% · 2021 98% · 2022 96% · 2023 96% · 2024 97% · 2025 97%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
97% of MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 0 of the last 9 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
Audrey Jeanne Mcalister
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 2 funders to 13 funders, grant income rose $10k → $444k.
4 of 23 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 29% 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 MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 22 of 23 funders by total. 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
MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 18% of grant income, and it takes 4 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 4 funders to its left
60% 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 MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 99% · 2019 57% · 2020 39% · 2021 37% · 2022 30% · 2023 34% — 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
43% of MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 57% 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
93% of MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC's grant income comes from California funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $337k arriving through sponsors registered in 4 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
MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 2,843 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,843 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC
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 California
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
85% 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 MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC: 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 MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC?
- MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC (California) receives grants from 23 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,148,595 to it, the largest being RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION ($203,000). 13 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC have?
- IRS filings report 23 organizations giving $1,148,595 in grants to MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC, 13 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC?
- RANCHO SANTA FE FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $203,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like MCALISTER INSTITUTE FOR TREATMENT & EDUCATION INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in California. 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 2017–2025), and the filings of 23 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