Student Assistance Services Corporation
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
STUDENT ASSISTANCE SERVICES CORPORATION PROVIDES SUBSTANCE USE AND BULLYING PREVENTION, AND INTERVENTION ACTIVITIES FOR YOUTH, PARENTS, PROFESSIONALS, AND COMMUNITY GROUPS; AND PROVIDES MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR ADOLESCENTS.
- Income
- $7.1 million
- Spending
- $7.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 88%
- Reserves
- 1 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 49%
- Employees
- 103
- Volunteers
- 8
- Highest pay
- $178,485, executive director
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
Fair: 53 out of 100. Higher than 28% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 1.0 months of spending.
Debt
5 of 20It owes 67% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 0% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 15% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1588% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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. Higher than 69% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 258 of 8 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)
- $3.6 million spent. PROJECT SUCCESS IS AN ALCOHOL AND OTHER-DRUG PREVENTION/EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED IN WESTCHESTER COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR HIGH/MIDDLE SCHOOLS, THROUGH FUNDING FROM THE NEW YORK STATE OFFICE OF ADDICTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTS (OASAS) AND THE PARTICIPATING SCHOOLS. DURING THE 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR, APPROXIMATELY 5,508 MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS RECEIVED PREVENTION COUNSELING AND EDUCATION PROGRAM SERVICES. THOUSANDS MORE PARTICIPATED OR WERE EXPOSED TO SCHOOL-WIDE PREVENTION ACTIVITIES. THE GOALS OF THE PROGRAM ARE TO PREVENT STUDENTS FROM USING ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS, TO INCREASE SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY AWARENESS ABOUT THE DANGERS OF ADOLESCENT SUBSTANCE USE, TO ELIMINATE ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE AMONG THOSE WHO ARE USING BY EDUCATING THEM ABOUT THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF THEIR USE, AND TO EMPOWER NON-USING ADOLESCENTS TO STRENGTHEN THE FACTORS THAT PROTECT AGAINST THE RISKS OF SUBSTANCE USE. IN 2024-2025, 97% OF STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN COUNSELING INCREASED OR MAINTAINED THEIR PERCEPTION OF THE RISK OF HARMFULNESS OF ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS. THE PROGRAM IS RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF THE FEW PREVENTION/EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAMS THAT HAS BEEN ABLE TO DOCUMENT A POSITIVE IMPACT ON REDUCING ALCOHOL AND DRUG USE AMONG HIGH RISK STUDENTS IN HIGH SCHOOLS. NINETY SIX PERCENT (96%) OF STUDENTS SEEN FOUR OR MORE TIMES IN INDIVIDUAL OR GROUP SESSIONS IN 2024-2025 REDUCED THE FREQUENCY OF ALCOHOL OR MARIJUANA USE (OR REMAINED ABSTINENT) DURING THE LAST 30 DAYS AFTER PROGRAM PARTICIPATION.PROJECT SUCCESS IS BEING REPLICATED IN NINETEEN STATES, AND OTHER COUNTIES IN NEW YORK STATE. THE WESTCHESTER STUDENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (SAP) WAS ADAPTED FOR RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES (RSAP) AND IN 1999 WAS DESIGNATED BY THE SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION (SAMHSA) CENTER FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION (CSAP) AS AN EXEMPLARY PROGRAM. THE SAP WAS MODIFIED TO INCORPORATE ADDITIONAL PREVENTION PROGRAM COMPONENTS AND NAMED PROJECT SUCCESS AND RECEIVED THE SAME DESIGNATION IN 2000. BOTH RSAP AND PROJECT SUCCESS ARE HIGHLY RATED PROGRAMS ON SAMHSA'S FORMER NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES. PROJECT SUCCESS WAS ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATED SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION PROGRAMS ON THE PEW MACARTHUR RESULTS FIRST CLEARINGHOUSE.
- $504,269 spent. ROADDD (REDUCE OUR ADOLESCENTS' DRINKING, DRUGGING AND DRIVING), AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AIMED AT PREVENTING DRINKING, DRUGGING, AND DRIVING AMONG HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. IN 2024-2025, THE PROGRAM REACHED 2,518 STUDENTS, IN A SIX-SESSION EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND IN INDIVIDUAL MEETINGS WITH THE ROADD HEALTH EDUCATOR AS NEEDED. PRE- AND POST- SURVEYS COMPLETED BY THE STUDENTS SHOWED STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT IN PERCEPTION OF RISK OF HARM RESULTING IN A REDUCTION OF UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS RELATED TO ALCOHOL & OTHER DRUG USE, AND DRIVING. THIS INCLUDES A STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN STUDENTS REPORTING THEY WOULD BE LESS LIKELY TO DRIVE AFTER USING ALCOHOL, MARIJUANA, OR OTHER DRUGS. THE ROADDD PROGRAM IS FUNDED ENTIRELY BY THE WESTCHESTER COUNTY STOP-DWI PROGRAM, WHICH RECEIVES MONEY FROM THE FINES OF CONVICTED DRUNK DRIVERS. EVALUATIONS HAVE FOUND THAT THE PROGRAM IS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE IN REDUCING UNHEALTHY BEHAVIORS REGARDING ALCOHOL, DRUG USE AND DRIVING.
- $153,029 spent. THE TI (TEEN INTERVENE) IS AN EARLY INTERVENTION EVIDENCE-BASED PROGRAM (EBP) TARGETING YOUTH 12 TO 19 YEARS OF AGE WHO DISPLAY THE EARLY STAGES OF ALCOHOL OR DRUG USE PROBLEMS (E.G., USING OR POSSESSING DRUGS) INTEGRATING STAGES OF CHANGE THEORY, MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT, AND COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY, THIS INTERVENTION AIMS TO HELP TEENS REDUCE AND ULTIMATELY ELIMINATE THEIR ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE. GOALS INCLUDE HARM REDUCTION, RISK REDUCTION, INCREASING PERCEPTION OF RISK OF HARM, INCREASING READINESS TO CHANGE SUBSTANCE USE, INCREASING COMMITMENT TO SCHOOL, A DECREASE OF SUBSTANCE USE, AND PREVENTING VIOLATION OF THE SCHOOL'S SUBSTANCE USE POLICY. THE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO INCLUDE TEENS, PARENTS, OR GUARDIANS. THE NUMBER OF SESSIONS MAY BE UP TO SIX SESSIONS, ESPECIALLY IF A PARENT SESSION IS PROVIDED. ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY STUDENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE PROGRAM. THE OVERALL OUTCOME FROM PROGRAM PARTICIPATION WAS EXCELLENT WITH MOST STUDENTS REDUCING THEIR USE AND/OR ACHIEVING ABSTINENCE AND MOST STUDENTS REPORTED UTILIZING THE SKILLS LEARNED, AND MOST MAINTAINED SUBSTANCE USE REDUCTION AND/OR ABSTINENCE.
- $2.0 million spent. STUDENT ASSISTANCE SERVICES (SAS) ALSO PROVIDES OTHER PREVENTION PROGRAMMING TO ADDRESS ADOLESCENT BULLYING BEHAVIOR AND ADOLESCENT GAMBLING. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TRAINING AND EVALUATION TO WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COALITION GROUPS FOCUSED ON THE PREVENTION OF ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUG USE. OTHER PROGRAMS INCLUDE A SUBSTANCE USE AWARENESS PROGRAM DESIGNED AS A RESOURCE FOR LOCAL JUDGES TO ASSIGN UNDER-AGE ADOLESCENTS CAUGHT WITH POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL OR MARIJUANA; AND AN INTERVENTION PROGRAM FOR FAMILIES COPING WITH A YOUNG FAMILY MEMBER'S ADDICTION. SAS ALSO PROVIDES CONSULTATION AND TRAINING TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS, MUNICIPALITIES, PROFESSIONALS, AND OTHERS ON SUBSTANCE USE PREVENTION-RELATED ISSUES INCLUDING BULLYING AND PROBLEM GAMBLING.THE STUDENT ASSISTANCE SERVICES COUNSELING CENTER IS A NYS OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH LICENSED OUT-PATIENT MENTAL HEALTH CLINIC FOR ADOLESCENTS. THIS PROGRAM IS A FEE FOR SERVICE PROGRAM THAT SERVED 56 ADOLESCENTS DURING THE 2024-2025 YEAR.
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 December 1988.
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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