Prevention Awareness Support Services
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
To create safer and healthier communities through awarenedd, education, prevention, and support.
- Income
- $3.6 million
- Spending
- $3.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 91%
- Reserves
- 5.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- government grants, 71%
- Employees
- 51
- Volunteers
- 150
- Highest pay
- $76,441, 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
Good: 81 out of 100. Higher than 61% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
20 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 5.2 months of spending.
Debt
16 of 20It owes 24% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 13% of income.
Income trend
15 of 15Income rose 29% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1591% 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: 95 out of 100. Higher than 60% of charities in its peer group (human services, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 259 of 9 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
0 of 5Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
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 (7)
- $994,714 spent. Allen, Auglaize, and Hardin Counties - Provides education, programming, and resource referral to critical issues by supporting evidence-based programs in each of the prevention focus areas of child abuse, alcohol and other drugs, mental illness, suicide, and problem gambling.
- $631,547 spent. Delaware-Morrow Counties - Provides support to school systems that utilize the Botvin Lifeskills and PAX Good Behavior programs for classroom management specifically in the Delaware-Morrow Counties service area.
- $510,679 spent. Union County - School-based prevention education that includes State Opioid and Stimulant Response (SOS), RRR, Catch My Breath, and Gatekeepers, and adult programming for parents and senior living specifically in the Union County service area.
- $402,535 spent. Champaign-Logan Counties - School-based prevention education that includes Catch My Breath, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Too Good for Drugs, Lifelines, and adult programming for parents and senior living specifically in the Champaign-Logan Counties service areas. Provides support to school systems that utilize the Botvin Lifeskills programs for classroom management specifically in the Champaign-Logan Counties service areas.
- $157,909 spent. Mercer Van Wert Paulding (MVWP)Counties - School-based prevention education that includes RRR, Catch My Breath, DBT, Too Good for Drugs, Lifelines/Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR), I Mind, and Gatekeepers programs specifically in the Mercer, Van Wert, and Paulding Counties service areas.
- $108,645 spent. Other Counties - Provides education, programming, and resource referral services to area outside of Allen, Auglaze, Champaign, Delaware, Hardin, Logan, Mercer, Montgomery, Morrow, Paulding, Union, and Van Wert Counties.
- $26,219 spent. Montgomery County - Provides the Wellness Initiative for Senior Education (WISE) programming throughout the State of Ohio through the Montgomery partnership.
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 November 6, 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 February 2010.
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 November 4, 2026.
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