Stop Stigma Now
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
STOP STIGMA NOW WAS ESTABLISHED TO CHANGE PREVAILING ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS, WHICH ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM ENTERING INTO AND REMAINING IN TREATMENT.
- Income
- $55,678
- Spending
- $14,862
- Reserves
- 91.3 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 100%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
This organization files the short tax form, which does not ask about boards, policies or audits. That is normal for a small charity and is not a mark against it.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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 (1)
- $14,862 spent. STOP STIGMA NOW (SSN), CONSISTING OF ACTIVE AND RETIRED PROFESSIONALS, AND PATIENTS, IS A THINK TANK THAT DELIVERS TRUSTED INSIGHT ON THE BENEFITS OF MEDICATION TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER (MOUD) AND EDUCATES THE WIDER PUBLIC ON THE STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH MOUD.OUR AGENDA IS SIMPLE: TO HELP STOP THE STIGMA AND PREJUDICE DIRECTED AT BOTH THE TREATMENT AND THE PATIENTS.STOP STIGMA NOW WAS ESTABLISHED TO CHANGE PREVAILING ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD), WHICH ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM ENTERING INTO AND REMAINING IN TREATMENT.WHILE MANY TREATMENTS FOR OUD EXIST, (I.E., MEDICATION TREATMENT, IN-PATIENT REHABILITATION, THERAPEUTIC COMMUNITIES, OUTPATIENT COUNSELING,) THE USE OF MEDICATIONS (METHADONE, BUPRENORPHINE AND EXTENDED-RELEASE NALTREXONE) HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN DOCUMENTED TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE. COMPARED TO OTHER TREATMENTS, PATIENTS MAINTAINED ON MEDICATION ARE LESS LIKELY TO RELAPSE, ACQUIRE INFECTIOUS DISEASES SUCH AS HIV AND HEPATITIS C, AND DIE FROM AN OPIOID OVERDOSE. UNFORTUNATELY, THESE MEDICATIONS ESPECIALLY THE AGONIST MEDICATIONS (METHADONE AND BUPRENORPHINE) HAVE BEEN MISUNDERSTOOD AND CRITICIZED AS SUBSTITUTING ONE ADDICTION FOR ANOTHER. AGONIST MEDICATIONS FOR OUD BLOCK THE CRAVING FOR OPIOIDS AND SUPPRESS OPIOID WITHDRAWAL THUS ENABLING THE RETURN TO FULL FUNCTIONING AND A NORMAL LIFE.BECAUSE OUD PATIENTS MAY HAVE OTHER PROBLEMS SUCH AS A HISTORY OF TRAUMA, OTHER ADDICTIVE DISORDERS, CHRONIC PAIN AND OTHER PSYCHO-SOCIAL PROBLEMS, MEDICATION TREATMENT OFTEN INCLUDES COUNSELING AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES AS NEEDED OR INDICATED.ALL TREATMENTS SHOULD BE RESPECTED. HOWEVER, FOR PERSONS WITH OUD, NON-MEDICATION APPROACHES TO TREATMENT THAT DO NOT INCLUDE MOUD, WHETHER IT BE ABSTINENCE, OR DETOX, OR IN OR OUT-PATIENT TREATMENT, FALL SHORT OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MOUD, THUS MAY PUT INDIVIDUALS IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION WHICH CAN RESULT IN RELAPSE, OVERDOSE AND DEATH.SSN EXISTS TO INFORM THE GENERAL PUBLIC, THE COURT SYSTEM, PUBLIC OFFICIALS, MEDICAL, NURSING AND COUNSELING PROFESSIONS AND THE MEDIA ABOUT THE OVERWHELMING SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE SUPPORTING THE SUCCESS OF MEDICATION TREATMENT FOR OPIOID USE DISORDER.BY ERADICATING STIGMA, WE SAVE AND REBUILD LIVES. IT'S AS SIMPLE AS THAT!SSN CREATES, DESIGNS, DEVELOPS AND DISTRIBUTES EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS (BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, POSTERS, ADS, CARDS AND BUTTONS, ETC.) TO HELP ORGANIZATIONS EFFECTIVELY RESPOND TO CONCERNS VOICED BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS, MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS, THE MEDIA, THE COURTS AND THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE.ALL MATERIALS AND SERVICES ARE FREE AT SSN
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 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? Worth knowing.
Status was revoked on May 15, 2018 for not filing returns for three years, and reinstated on March 15, 2021.
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 December 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 August 2021.
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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