New York · Nonprofit
PREVENTIONFOCUS INC
PREVENTIONFOCUS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,762 to it, the largest being NEW YORK COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING INC ($32,444). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $1.2M
- Funders on record
- 3
- Grants received
- $33k
- Net assets
- $228k
What Preventionfocus Inc does
Mission
Preventionfocus, inc. Empowers children, adults, and entire communities with the skills, information, and tools needed to make positive life choices. Making safe and healthy happen. We implement proven programs and strategies to prevent and reduce substance abuse, violence, problem gambling, bullying, and other related problem behaviors while encouraging mental, physical, and emotional well-being.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Life skills training (elementary and middle school) - life skills training (lst) is a research-validated substance abuse prevention program proven to reduce the risks of alcohol, tobacco, drug abuse, and violence by targeting the major social and psychological factors that promote the initiation of substance use and other risky behaviors. Preventionfocus, inc. Uses this curriculum in classrooms (elementary and middle schools) across the districts of erie county where the risk profiles for chemical dependency are high. Our elementary and middle school facilitations of this curriculum have developmentally age appropriate activities specific for each grade level from k-5 (elementary) and from 6-8 (middle).in addition to lst, preventionfocus also implements the too good model programs from the mendez foundation at the elementary and middle school levels. Too good programs put social and emotional learning to work through fun and interactive lessons, building the self-confidence young people need to make healthy choices and achieve success. Too good for drugs and too good for violence social perspectives promote positive, pro-social attitudes and behavior, while fostering healthy…
$733,518 spent65% of program spendingThe bestself recovery community located at preventionfocus is a non-clinical collaborative venture with bestself behavioral health. Adults who are attempting to maintain their recovery from substance use disorder visit the center for a variety of supportive services ranging from recovery coaching to social activities like yoga, cooking classes, painting classes, discussion groups, field trips, movie nights, and special events.
$15,594 spent$30,000 earned by the program1% of program spendingPreventionfocus partnered with the ny council on problem gambling to support the you(th) decide campaign in erie county. The campaign works help prevent underage gambling by: (1) increasing youth awareness that media messages are constructed using specific techniques to convey meaning and affect the viewer/listener's beliefs and actions. (2) helping youth understand the realities and potential negative consequences of gambling.(3) decreasing youth exposure to gambling and gambling advertising at community events, school, etc. (4) providing a number of resources for youth, parents and communities who want to help in the effort to prevent underage gambling such as:(a) informational materials like palm cards, brochures and posters.(b) facts about gambling and gambling addiction.(c) up to date news and research surrounding underage gambling.
$375,069 spent33% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $1,124,181.
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 $391k to $724k (+85%).
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 97% · 2018 96% · 2019 96% · 2020 98% · 2021 97% · 2022 95% · 2023 95% · 2024 95% · 2025 95%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
96% of PREVENTIONFOCUS INC’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. 4 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
Matthew Smith
Executive director
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income fell $15k → $34.
1 of 3 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 0% 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 PREVENTIONFOCUS INC’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
PREVENTIONFOCUS INC leans on a few funders — its largest provides 99% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
99% 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 PREVENTIONFOCUS INC.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 100% · 2018 100% · 2020 96% · 2021 100% · 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
100% of PREVENTIONFOCUS INC's grant income comes from New York funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $68 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
PREVENTIONFOCUS INC's revenue grew 31% between 2017 and 2025.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 5,002 health nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2025
Organizations like PREVENTIONFOCUS INC
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In New York
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 PREVENTIONFOCUS 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 PREVENTIONFOCUS INC?
- PREVENTIONFOCUS INC (New York) receives grants from 3 organizations whose IRS filings report $32,762 to it, the largest being NEW YORK COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING INC ($32,444). 2 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does PREVENTIONFOCUS INC have?
- IRS filings report 3 organizations giving $32,762 in grants to PREVENTIONFOCUS INC, 2 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of PREVENTIONFOCUS INC?
- NEW YORK COUNCIL ON PROBLEM GAMBLING INC is the largest funder on record, with $32,444 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like PREVENTIONFOCUS INC find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in New York. 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 3 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 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing