Gosnold Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- Raising each dollar of donations cost 59 cents.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
GOSNOLD, INC. WAS ESTABLISHED FOR THE REHABILITATION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSERS AND OFFERS ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT ON AN IN-PATIENT AND OUT-PATIENT BASIS.
- Income
- $30.8 million
- Spending
- $30.4 million
- Spent on programs
- 83%
- Reserves
- 1.9 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 97%
- Employees
- 457
- Volunteers
- 0
- Highest pay
- $570,922, president and ceo
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 37 out of 100.
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.9 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 60% of what it owns.
Living within its means
12 of 15Income exceeded spending by 1% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 4% on the year before.
Spending floor
0 of 1583% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 59 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100.
Independent board
25 of 259 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Impact evidence
Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.
Programs described in its return (4)
- $9.0 million spent. GOSNOLD TREATMENT CENTER - EXPENSE EXCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD. GOSNOLD TREATMENT CENTER PROVIDES ACUTE ALCOHOL DETOXIFICATION SERVICES. GOSNOLD TREATS ADDICTION AS A CHRONIC DISEASE THAT REQUIRES LIFE-LONG MANAGEMENT, AND IS OFTEN COMPLICATED BY OTHER MEDICAL, EMOTIONAL AND SITUATIONAL CONDITIONS. WE BELIEVE THAT COMPLICATIONS ARE IMPROVED BY ABSTINENCE FROM OTHER SUBSTANCES; YET, EMPHASIZE A HARM REDUCTION MODEL OF TREATMENT WHEN APPROPRIATE TO PATIENT CONDITION AND PREFERENCE. THE PRIMARY CARE OFFERED IS MEDICAL DETOXIFICATION AND STABILIZATION. THE GOSNOLD TREATMENT CENTER, LOCATED ADJACENT TO FALMOUTH HOSPITAL IS A 50 BED FACILITY WHICH INCLUDES SEMI-PRIVATE BEDROOMS, LOUNGES, A DINING AREA, GROUP THERAPY ROOMS AND COUNSELING OFFICES. THE DETOXIFICATION PROGRAM IS STAFFED BY PHYSICIANS, NURSES, COUNSELORS AND RECOVERY AIDES WHO PROVIDE MEDICAL AND COUNSELING CARE TO PATIENTS UNDERGOING WITHDRAWAL OF TREATMENT. TREATMENT BEGINS WITH A MEDICAL ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION. A VARIETY OF MEDICATIONS ARE USED TO REDUCE THE DISCOMFORT OF WITHDRAWAL. WE ADMINISTER BUPRENORPHINE (SUBOXONE) FOR OPIATE WITHDRAWAL TREATMENT. WHILE NOT PRESENTLY USING METHADONE AS MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, GOSNOLD IS IN THE PROCESS OF DOING SO. THE DETOXIFICATION PERIOD STAY VARIES, DEPENDING ON PATIENT NEEDS. MEDICAL AND COUNSELING STAFF MEETS REGULARLY TO REVIEW PROGRESS. PATIENTS ATTEND EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS, INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING AND 12 STEP GROUPS. COUNSELORS HELP PATIENTS TO UNDERSTAND THEIR DISEASE, ITS SYMPTOMS AND PROGRESSION AND TREATMENT OPTIONS AVAILABLE IN CONTINUING CARE.
- $8.5 million spent. GOSNOLD OUTPATIENT PROGRAM - EXPENSE EXCLUDES ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD. GOSNOLD OFFERS OUTPATIENT TREATMENT AT FOUR LOCATIONS ON CAPE COD, ONE LOCATION ON NANTUCKET, AND TWO OFF-CAPE LOCATIONS IN STOUGHTON AND N. DARTMOUTH. GOSNOLD'S OUTPATIENT LOCATIONS PROVIDE TREATMENT FOR MENTAL HEALTH, SUBSTANCE USE, AND CO-OCCURRING DISORDERS, THROUGH INDIVIDUAL,FAMILY, AND GROUP COUNSELING, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGICAL SERVICE, MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT, PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION, AND DRIVER ALCOHOL EDUCATION. THE GOSNOLD STAFF INCLUDES QUALIFIED PSYCHIATRISTS, ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONERS, PSYCHOLOGISTS, MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELORS,PSYCHIATRIC NURSES, AND INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS. CERTIFIED AND LICENSED COUNSELORS WORK WITH PATIENTS ON THE DISEASE CONCEPT OF ADDICTION, RECOVERY MANAGEMENT SKILLS, THE TWELVE STEPS, RELAPSE PREVENTION, FAMILY COUNSELING AND RELATIONSHIP ISSUES. THE INTERVENTION SPECIALISTS CONDUCT STRUCTURED INTERVENTIONS TO HELP FAMILY MEMBERS COMMUNICATE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT A LOVED ONES' ADDICTION IN ORDER TO MOTIVATE THEM TO ACCEPT TREATMENT. GROUP COUNSELING TREATMENT IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO TREAT ADDICTION. GOSNOLD OFFERS A NUMBER OF GROUP EDUCATIONAL AND THERAPY SESSIONS TO HELP PEOPLE AT VARIOUS STAGES OF RECOVERY. DAY AND EVENING TREATMENT PROGRAMS ARE DESIGNED FOR PERSONS IN NEED OF INTENSIVE AND STRUCTURED TREATMENT, BUT WHO MAY NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRE A RESIDENTIAL OR INPATIENT PROGRAM. THESETREATMENT PROGRAMS ADDRESS IMPORTANT RECOVERY CONCEPTS INCLUDING RECOVERY MANAGEMENT AND RELAPSE PREVENTION, TWELVE STEP WORK, IMPROVING UNDERSTANDING OF THE DISEASE CONCEPT OF ADDICTION, IDENTIFYING AND REDUCING EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL OBSTACLES TO RECOVERY, AND IMPROVING COMMUNICATIONS SKILLS. GOSNOLD'S PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION PROGRAM PROVIDES AN EXCELLENT DIVERSION OPTION TO INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR CO-OCCURRING MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. GOSNOLD'S TREATMENT TEAM PROVIDES ADULT AND CHILD PSYCHIATRY, MEDICATION MANAGEMENT, ASSESSMENT, AND TREATMENT OF EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL ILLNESSES AND DISORDERS. SPECIALISTS ARE AVAILABLE TO DIAGNOSE AND TREAT A FULL RANGE OF MENTAL ILLNESS AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS, INCLUDING CO-DEPENDENCY, BIPOLAR ILLNESS, ADJUSTMENT DISORDERS, GRIEF AND LOSS, DUAL DIAGNOSES, ABUSE, DEPRESSION, POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDERS, AND OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER.
- $4.8 million spent. GOSNOLD'S CLINICAL STABILIZATION SERVICES (CSS) PROGRAMS AT EMERSON HOUSE PROVIDE ACUTE REHABILITATION SERVICES TO THOSE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. OUR PROGRAM TAKES A PERSONALIZED APPROACH TO MEET EACH PATIENT'S NEEDS AND OUR MULTI-DISCIPLINARY TEAMS DEVELOPCUSTOMIZED TREATMENT PLANS AND CLINICAL SUPPORT THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE PATIENTS' STAY. THE PROGRAMS UTILIZE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT TREATMENT MODALITIES DESIGNED TO MAKE THE TREATMENT EXPERIENCE ENRICHING AND EDUCATIONAL SUCH AS; INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP COUNSELING, HEALTH EDUCATION, EVIDENCE-BASED THERAPIES INCLUDING COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, MEDITATION AND MINDFULNESS, INTRODUCTION TO 12 STEP AND OTHER SELF-HELP PROGRAMS AND PLANNING FOR LONGER-TERM SUPPORT SERVICES. GOSNOLD UNDERSTANDS EVERY CASE IS DIFFERENT AND TREATMENT SHOULD BE TAILORED TO MEET THE INDIVIDUAL WHERE THEY ARE IN THEIR RECOVERY PROCESS. GOSNOLD AT EMERSON HOUSE IS A 48 BED INPATIENT RESIDENTIAL FACILITY LOCATED IN WEST FALMOUTH.
- $3.0 million spent. OTHER PROGRAMS - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH JUSTICE INVOLVED PROGRAM. LAUNCHED AS A PILOT PROGRAM IN 2019 AND IN OUR COUNTY IN FEBRUARY OF 2022, THE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH JUSTICE INVOLVED PROGRAM IS A PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN MASSHEALTH AND THE MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE TRIAL COURT. GOSNOLD WAS THE CHOSEN VENDOR FOR BARNSTABLE, DUKES AND NANTUCKET COUNTY IN 2022. REFERRALS TO BH-JI ARE PREDOMINANTLY RECEIVED FROM OUR LOCAL HOUSES OF CORRECTION, THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS ACROSS THE STATE (FOR INDIVIDUALS RELEASING TO CAPE COD), PROBATION AND PAROLE DEPARTMENTS, AND OUR INPATIENT FACILITIES. THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PAIR A TRAINED NAVIGATOR WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING OR HAVE RECENTLY LEFT JAIL OR PRISON, PEOPLE ON PAROLE OR PROBATION, OR THOSE THAT ARE AWAITING TRIAL THAT SUFFER FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND/OR MENTAL HEALTH DIAGNOSES. THE BH-JI NAVIGATORS HELP THE ENROLLEES FIND BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES AND SOCIAL SUPPORT IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING SETTING UP INPATIENT OR OUTPATIENT SERVICES, HOUSING SEARCHES AND APPLICATIONS, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE APPLICATIONS, COORDINATING REGISTRY OF MOTOR VEHICLE APPOINTMENTS AND HEARINGS, TRANSPORTATION, EMPLOYMENT, INSURANCE, IDS., FOOD INSECURITY SUPPORT, COMMUNICATION DEVICES AND ATTENDING COURT APPEARANCES. WHEN THIS POPULATION IS CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT HEALTH CARE AND COMMUNITY SERVICES IT CAN IMPROVE HEALTH, REDUCE OVERDOSES, AND HOPEFULLY PREVENT RE-INCARCERATION, HOSPITAL STAYS AND ADMISSION TO INPATIENT DETOXIFICATION FACILITIES.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Legitimacy checks
Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since November 1972.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 21, 2026.
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