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York County Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse Inc

EIN 57-0526943 · Rock Hill, SC

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthStrong93 out of 100GovernanceStrong100 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

KEYSTONE'S MISSION IS TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BY EDUCATING, TREATING, AND PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR THOSE IMPACTED BY SUBSTANCE USE.

Income
$7.3 million
Spending
$6.7 million
Spent on programs
72%
Reserves
11.7 months of spending
Largest source of income
government grants, 55%
Employees
101
Volunteers
14
Highest pay
$124,685, physician

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

Strong: 93 out of 100.

  • Reserves

    28 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 11.7 months of spending.

  • Debt

    20 of 20

    It owes 4% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 8% of income.

  • Income trend

    15 of 15

    Income rose 18% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    72% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 3 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 25

    14 of 14 voting board members are independent.

  • Conflict of interest policy

    15 of 15

    Has a written conflict of interest policy.

  • Whistleblower policy

    8 of 8

    Has a written whistleblower policy.

  • Record keeping policy

    7 of 7

    Has a written policy on keeping and destroying records.

  • Board minutes

    5 of 5

    Keeps minutes of board meetings.

  • Board sees the tax return

    10 of 10

    Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.

  • Pay set independently

    5 of 5

    Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.

  • Independent check of accounts

    15 of 15

    Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.

  • No reported misuse

    10 of 10

    Reports 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 (8)
  1. $981,081 spent. TRADITIONAL OUTPATIENT: INVOLVES ASSESSMENT AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT WITH A FOCUS ON ALCOHOL AND OTHER DRUGS TO INCLUDE, GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, RELAPSE PREVENTION, CRISIS MANAGEMENT, AND DRUG TESTING. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 688 (Expenses $ 716,443 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 431,873) MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM: (MAT) OFFERS FDA APPROVED AND STUDIED PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS THAT SUPPRESS CRAVINGS AND BLOCK RECEPTORS FROM EUPHORIC HIGHS. MAT, WHEN COMBINED WITH CLINICAL THERAPIES, OFFERS THE BEST CHANCE OF RECOVERY. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 201 (Expenses $ 591,968 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 356,839) YOUTH PROGRAMS: PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT. PREVENTION PROGRAMS INCLUDE GENERAL PREVENTION STRATEGIES TARGETING YOUTH. INTERVENTION SERVICES INCLUDE CLASSES FOR YOUTH CITED FOR SUBSTANCE USE. TREATMENT SERVICES INCLUDE, STEP ONE, AN EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM FOR YOUTH, AND STEPPING STONES, AN INTENSIVE OUTPATINT PROGRAM. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 176 (Expenses $ 444,974 including grants of $ 496)(Revenue $ 268,231) RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM: PROVIDES LONG TERM INPATIENT CARE, WITH A PRIORITY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. IT INCLUDES SUPPORT FROM THE PAIRS PROGRAM PROVIDING FUNDING FOR PATIENTS TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 72 (Expenses $ 253,493 including grants of $ 3,750)(Revenue $ 152,806) WOMEN'S SERVICES: DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF WOMEN WHOSE LIVES ARE COMPLICATED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. KEYSTONE'S WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE PROGRAM INCLUDES INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM, EDUCATION, AND INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY-BASED COUNSELING. MANY ISSUES ARE COVERED; A FEW ARE PARENTING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EDUCATION, FINDING SECURE HOUSING AND TRAUMA RECOVERY. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 73 (Expenses $ 117,889 including grants of $ 45,000)(Revenue $ 71,064) ALCOHOL AND DRUG AAFETY ACTION PROGRAM (ADSAP): MANDATED ASSESSMENT / EDUCATION / COUNSELING SERVICES FOR PERSONS SEEKING RE-LICENSING AFTER DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OFFENSES. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 433
  2. $873,938 spent. WITHDRAWAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM: MEDICAL WITHDRAWAL SERVICES (ALSO KNOWN AS DETOXIFICATION) IS FOR THOSE WHO MAY FACE SERIOUS AND EVEN LIFE-THREATENING SYMPTOMS FROM THE WITHDRAWAL PROCESS. THE MEDICAL PROTOCOLS AVAILABLE IN THIS PROGRAM LESSEN THE IMPACT AND DISCOMFORT OF CRAVINGS AND THE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS EFFECTS OF WITHDRAWAL. THE KEYSTONE STAFF INCLUDES PHYSICIANS, CLINICAL STAFF AND A 24/7 STAFF OF REGISTERED NURSES. PREGNANT WOMEN, OR THOSE WHO HAVE TAKEN SUBSTANCES INTROVENOUSLY, ARE GIVEN PRIORITY. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 262
  3. $839,184 spent. INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT TREATMENT: PATIENTS RECOVERING FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS DO BETTER IN SPECIALIZED GROUPS THAT CAN ADDRESS ISSUES THE GROUP MEMBERS HAVE IN COMMON. THE DEDICATED STAFF AT KEYSTONE PROVIDES OUR PATIENTS WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF PROGRAMS TAILORED TO THEIR INDIVIDUAL CONCERNS, INCLUDING PROGRAMS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR WOMEN, MEN, YOUNG ADULTS, AND ADOLESCENTS. LENGTH OF PROGRAMS MAY VARY BASED ON INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 545 (Expenses $ 716,443 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 431,873) MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM: (MAT) OFFERS FDA APPROVED AND STUDIED PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS THAT SUPPRESS CRAVINGS AND BLOCK RECEPTORS FROM EUPHORIC HIGHS. MAT, WHEN COMBINED WITH CLINICAL THERAPIES, OFFERS THE BEST CHANCE OF RECOVERY. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 201 (Expenses $ 591,968 including grants of $)(Revenue $ 356,839) YOUTH PROGRAMS: PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT. PREVENTION PROGRAMS INCLUDE GENERAL PREVENTION STRATEGIES TARGETING YOUTH. INTERVENTION SERVICES INCLUDE CLASSES FOR YOUTH CITED FOR SUBSTANCE USE. TREATMENT SERVICES INCLUDE, STEP ONE, AN EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM FOR YOUTH, AND STEPPING STONES, AN INTENSIVE OUTPATINT PROGRAM. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 176 (Expenses $ 444,974 including grants of $ 496)(Revenue $ 268,231) RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM: PROVIDES LONG TERM INPATIENT CARE, WITH A PRIORITY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. IT INCLUDES SUPPORT FROM THE PAIRS PROGRAM PROVIDING FUNDING FOR PATIENTS TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 72 (Expenses $ 253,493 including grants of $ 3,750)(Revenue $ 152,806) WOMEN'S SERVICES: DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF WOMEN WHOSE LIVES ARE COMPLICATED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. KEYSTONE'S WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE PROGRAM INCLUDES INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM, EDUCATION, AND INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY-BASED COUNSELING. MANY ISSUES ARE COVERED; A FEW ARE PARENTING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EDUCATION, FINDING SECURE HOUSING AND TRAUMA RECOVERY. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 73 (Expenses $ 117,889 including grants of $ 45,000)(Revenue $ 71,064) ALCOHOL AND DRUG AAFETY ACTION PROGRAM (ADSAP): MANDATED ASSESSMENT / EDUCATION / COUNSELING SERVICES FOR PERSONS SEEKING RE-LICENSING AFTER DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OFFENSES. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 433
  4. $716,443 spent. MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT PROGRAM: (MAT) OFFERS FDA APPROVED AND STUDIED PRESCRIBED MEDICATIONS THAT SUPPRESS CRAVINGS AND BLOCK RECEPTORS FROM EUPHORIC HIGHS. MAT, WHEN COMBINED WITH CLINICAL THERAPIES, OFFERS THE BEST CHANCE OF RECOVERY. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 201
  5. $591,968 spent. YOUTH PROGRAMS: PREVENTION, INTERVENTION AND TREATMENT. PREVENTION PROGRAMS INCLUDE GENERAL PREVENTION STRATEGIES TARGETING YOUTH. INTERVENTION SERVICES INCLUDE CLASSES FOR YOUTH CITED FOR SUBSTANCE USE. TREATMENT SERVICES INCLUDE, STEP ONE, AN EVIDENCE BASED PROGRAM FOR YOUTH, AND STEPPING STONES, AN INTENSIVE OUTPATINT PROGRAM. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 176
  6. $444,974 spent. RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM: PROVIDES LONG TERM INPATIENT CARE, WITH A PRIORITY FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. IT INCLUDES SUPPORT FROM THE PAIRS PROGRAM PROVIDING FUNDING FOR PATIENTS TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 72
  7. $253,493 spent. WOMEN'S SERVICES: DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF WOMEN WHOSE LIVES ARE COMPLICATED BY SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. KEYSTONE'S WOMEN OF SUBSTANCE PROGRAM INCLUDES INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT PROGRAM, EDUCATION, AND INDIVIDUAL AND FAMILY-BASED COUNSELING. MANY ISSUES ARE COVERED; A FEW ARE PARENTING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE EDUCATION, FINDING SECURE HOUSING AND TRAUMA RECOVERY. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 73
  8. $117,889 spent. ALCOHOL AND DRUG AAFETY ACTION PROGRAM (ADSAP): MANDATED ASSESSMENT / EDUCATION / COUNSELING SERVICES FOR PERSONS SEEKING RE-LICENSING AFTER DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE OFFENSES. FY25 ADMISSIONS: 433

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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.

    Recognized by the IRS since September 1971.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated October 13, 2026.

  6. 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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