Ohio · Nonprofit
Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery
Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery (Ohio) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,210 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($109,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $719k
- Funders on record
- 7
- Grants received
- $186k
- Net assets
- $724k
What Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery does
Mission
People with lived experience mobilize their expertise to ensure equity for those seeking and in recovery from substance use disorders across Ohio.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Recovery Support Services Recovery support services create opportunities to build a stronger community focused on supporting those in and seeking recovery. By building a solid community of support, each member of the community feels valued and empowered to give back. When a community supports a culture of recovery, it is reflected in all sectors of that community. When individuals are supported by the members of their society, we all reap the benefits of their active participation in making our world a better place.
$320,085 spentof which $109,076 as grants62% of program spendingAdvocacy OCAAR is an advocacy organization that is focused on empowering Ohioans with substance use disorder to advocate on their own behalf and on behalf of their communities to create statewide and national change in policy regarding how addiction and recovery is addressed. The purpose of these services is to prepare Ohioans with the skills and tools necessary to be an effective advocate for themselves and for their communities. This will accomplish changing societal perceptions and allow for a voice to the current policy decision structure.
$139,965 spent$150 earned by the program27% of program spendingEducational Outreach OCAAR offers educational sessions on addiction and recovery tailored to a variety of groups, including certified peer recovery supporters, clinical professionals, family members, and the general public. Knowledge is power. The more opportunities Ohioans have to learn facts about this chronic disease, then the negative misconceptions and misperceptions can be challenged to change. Outreach increases knowledge about addiction and recovery in order to change public perception surrounding addiction and create more informed citizens through educational programs and deliberative dialogue.
$60,233 spent$1,500 earned by the program12% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $520,283.
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 2021 to 2022, from $91k to $935k (+926%).
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: 2020 96% · 2021 98% · 2022 91% · 2023 91% · 2024 94% · 2025 93%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
98% of Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (82% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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
Molly O'Neill
Chief Executive Officr
Board chair
Curtis Walker Phd
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $5k → $16.
3 of 7 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 63% 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 Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction 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.
How concentrated its funding is
Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery leans on a few funders — its largest provides 59% of grant income and the top three 95%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
96% 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 Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 61% · 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“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.
Where its funders are
63% of Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction 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. Of the $69k that is directly attributable, 100% of it comes from Ohio funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $117k arriving through sponsors registered in 3 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
Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery has grown faster than three-quarters of the 7,883 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 7,883 health nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Government funding Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $375k on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$375k
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 Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction 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 Ohio
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
81% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
96%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction 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 Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery?
- Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery (Ohio) receives grants from 7 organizations whose IRS filings report $186,210 to it, the largest being COLUMBUS FOUNDATION ($109,650). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 63% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery have?
- IRS filings report 7 organizations giving $186,210 in grants to Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery?
- COLUMBUS FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $109,650 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like Ohio Citizen Advocates for Addiction Recovery 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.
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 7 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