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Mobilize Recovery

EIN 83-0895051 · Las Vegas, NV

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthFair66 out of 100GovernanceStrong95 out of 100Impact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

MOBILIZE RECOVERY BRINGS TOGETHER A CROSS-SECTOR COHORT OF ADVOCATES, ALLIES, AND STAKEHOLDERS TO DRIVE MEASURABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND ACTION- ORIENTED SOLUTIONS THAT CREATE RESILIENT COMMUNITIES OF RECOVERY FROM SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS.

Income
$1.9 million
Spending
$1.7 million
Spent on programs
93%
Reserves
2.4 months of spending
Largest source of income
donations and private grants, 91%
Employees
3
Volunteers
850
Highest pay
$209,347, consultant

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Financial health

Fair: 66 out of 100. Higher than 48% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).

  • Reserves

    10 of 35

    Spendable reserves would cover 2.4 months of spending.

  • Debt

    16 of 20

    It owes 30% of what it owns.

  • Living within its means

    15 of 15

    Income exceeded spending by 12% of income.

  • Income trend

    10 of 15

    Income fell 0% on the year before.

  • Spending floor

    15 of 15

    93% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 1 cents.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Governance

Strong: 95 out of 100. Higher than 64% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).

  • Independent board

    25 of 25

    5 of 5 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

    0 of 5

    Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.

  • 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 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 (3)
  1. $1.3 million spent. MOBILIZE RECOVERY, LAUNCHED IN 2018 THROUGH THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, CONTINUED ITS MISSION TO EMPOWER AND CONNECT RECOVERY ADVOCATES NATIONWIDE. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION TOOK ITS ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON THE ROAD WITH A NATIONWIDE BUS TOUR THAT MADE 27 STOPS IN 13 STATES. BUILDING ON THIS MOMENTUM, 2025 WAS DESIGNATED AS A "YEAR OF ACTION," HIGHLIGHTED BY THE LAUNCH OF THE CAMPUS SURGE INITIATIVE. THIS FALL TOUR BROUGHT RECOVERY LEADERSHIP DIRECTLY TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES, JOINING FORCES WITH END OVERDOSE AND COLLEGIATE COMMUNITIES TO DISMANTLE BARRIERS AND CHAMPION MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY AWARENESS. THE 2025 CAMPUS SURGE TOUR INCLUDED: 16 EVENTS ACROSS 15 STATES, UNITING MORE THAN 6,500 STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. NATIONAL CO-CHAIRS INCLUDING AMERICAN IDOL WINNER NOAH THOMPSON, JELLY ROLL, MELISSA ETHERIDGE, AND DARREN WALLER, WHOSE VISIBILITY HELPED NORMALIZE RECOVERY IN CAMPUS CULTURE. HIGH-IMPACT STOPS AT INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS UNLV, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, OHIO STATE, GEORGETOWN, AND TEXAS TECH, FEATURING ADVOCACY WORKSHOPS, EMPOWERMENT TRAININGS, AND LIVE MUSIC. THE YEAR'S EFFORTS ALSO INCLUDED THE ANNUAL MOBILIZE RECOVERY DAY OF SERVICE, WHICH SAW RECORD-BREAKING ENGAGEMENT IN 2025 WITH 781 COMMUNITY- LED SERVICE PROJECTS NATIONWIDE. THIS INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF RECOVERY BY UNITING THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH FOOD DRIVES, PARK CLEANUPS, AND RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION. MOBILIZE RECOVERY, LAUNCHED IN 2018 THROUGH THE FACEBOOK COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP PROGRAM, CONTINUED ITS MISSION TO EMPOWER AND CONNECT RECOVERY ADVOCATES NATIONWIDE. IN 2024, THE ORGANIZATION TOOK ITS ADVOCACY EFFORTS ON THE ROAD WITH A NATIONWIDE BUS TOUR THAT MADE 27 STOPS IN 13 STATES. BUILDING ON THIS MOMENTUM, 2025 WAS DESIGNATED AS A "YEAR OF ACTION," HIGHLIGHTED BY THE LAUNCH OF THE CAMPUS SURGE INITIATIVE. THIS FALL TOUR BROUGHT RECOVERY LEADERSHIP DIRECTLY TO COLLEGE CAMPUSES, JOINING FORCES WITH END OVERDOSE AND COLLEGIATE COMMUNITIES TO DISMANTLE BARRIERS AND CHAMPION MENTAL HEALTH AND RECOVERY AWARENESS. THE 2025 CAMPUS SURGE TOUR INCLUDED: 16 EVENTS ACROSS 15 STATES, UNITING MORE THAN 6,500 STUDENTS, FACULTY, AND COMMUNITY LEADERS. NATIONAL CO-CHAIRS INCLUDING AMERICAN IDOL WINNER NOAH THOMPSON, JELLY ROLL, MELISSA ETHERIDGE, AND DARREN WALLER, WHOSE VISIBILITY HELPED NORMALIZE RECOVERY IN CAMPUS CULTURE. HIGH-IMPACT STOPS AT INSTITUTIONS SUCH AS UNLV, RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, OHIO STATE, GEORGETOWN, AND TEXAS TECH, FEATURING ADVOCACY WORKSHOPS, EMPOWERMENT TRAININGS, AND LIVE MUSIC. THE YEAR'S EFFORTS ALSO INCLUDED THE ANNUAL MOBILIZE RECOVERY DAY OF SERVICE, WHICH SAW RECORD-BREAKING ENGAGEMENT IN 2025 WITH 781 COMMUNITY- LED SERVICE PROJECTS NATIONWIDE. THIS INITIATIVE CONTINUES TO DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF RECOVERY BY UNITING THOUSANDS OF VOLUNTEERS TO GIVE BACK TO THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH FOOD DRIVES, PARK CLEANUPS, AND RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION.
  2. $122,153 spent. MOBILIZE RECOVERY'S OVERDOSE RESPONSE INITIATIVE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN COMBATING THE OVERDOSE CRISIS THROUGH OUR FREE NALOXONE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM. IN 2025, THE INITIATIVE REACHED A HISTORIC MILESTONE, SURPASSING 1 MILLION DOSES OF NALOXONE DISTRIBUTED NATIONWIDE SINCE ITS INCEPTION. KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2025 INCLUDE: 120,000 FREE DOSES DISTRIBUTED IN 2025 ALONE THROUGH A NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF NEARLY 40 ORGANIZATIONS. THE "NARCAN AT NIGHT" ACTIVATION IN LAS VEGAS, WHERE OVER 540 VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTED 10,000 NALOXONE KITS IN A SINGLE EVENING ACROSS THE LAS VEGAS STRIP AND DOWNTOWN. CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE NETWORK TO INCLUDE RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS, HARM REDUCTION GROUPS, AND PEER SUPPORT PROVIDERS ACROSS 24 STATES. MOBILIZE RECOVERY'S OVERDOSE RESPONSE INITIATIVE HAS MADE SIGNIFICANT STRIDES IN COMBATING THE OVERDOSE CRISIS THROUGH OUR FREE NALOXONE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM. IN 2025, THE INITIATIVE REACHED A HISTORIC MILESTONE, SURPASSING 1 MILLION DOSES OF NALOXONE DISTRIBUTED NATIONWIDE SINCE ITS INCEPTION. KEY HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2025 INCLUDE: 120,000 FREE DOSES DISTRIBUTED IN 2025 ALONE THROUGH A NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF NEARLY 40 ORGANIZATIONS. THE "NARCAN AT NIGHT" ACTIVATION IN LAS VEGAS, WHERE OVER 540 VOLUNTEERS DISTRIBUTED 10,000 NALOXONE KITS IN A SINGLE EVENING ACROSS THE LAS VEGAS STRIP AND DOWNTOWN. CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE NETWORK TO INCLUDE RECOVERY ORGANIZATIONS, HARM REDUCTION GROUPS, AND PEER SUPPORT PROVIDERS ACROSS 24 STATES.
  3. $162,685 spent. GENEARL ACTIVITIES: IN 2025, MOBILIZE RECOVERY EXPANDED ITS REACH THROUGH SEVERAL STRATEGIC PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS: EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SUPPORT: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDEPENDENT EMERGENC ROOM PHYSICIANS (IERP) TRUST, THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED RECOVERY NAVIGATION AND PEER SUPPORT SERVICES ACROSS FIVE STATES (UT, NC, CO, SC, NV), RESULTING IN OVER 700 DIRECT SERVICE ENGAGEMENTS. DIGITAL INNOVATION: A LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE ON THE RECOVER TOGETHER SITE HELPED NORMALIZE THE RECOVERY JOURNEY FOR MILLIONS, CONTRIBUTING TO OVER 13 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS FOR THE MOVEMENT IN 2025. ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE: MOBILIZE RECOVERY EARNED A 4-STAR CHARITY NAVIGATOR RATING AND WAS HONORED WITH SEVEN ANTHEM AWARDS, INCLUDING SMALL NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR. GENEARL ACTIVITIES: IN 2025, MOBILIZE RECOVERY EXPANDED ITS REACH THROUGH SEVERAL STRATEGIC PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS: EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT SUPPORT: IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE INDEPENDENT EMERGENC ROOM PHYSICIANS (IERP) TRUST, THE ORGANIZATION LAUNCHED RECOVERY NAVIGATION AND PEER SUPPORT SERVICES ACROSS FIVE STATES (UT, NC, CO, SC, NV), RESULTING IN OVER 700 DIRECT SERVICE ENGAGEMENTS. DIGITAL INNOVATION: A LANDMARK PARTNERSHIP WITH GOOGLE ON THE RECOVER TOGETHER SITE HELPED NORMALIZE THE RECOVERY JOURNEY FOR MILLIONS, CONTRIBUTING TO OVER 13 MILLION SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS FOR THE MOVEMENT IN 2025. ORGANIZATIONAL EXCELLENCE: MOBILIZE RECOVERY EARNED A 4-STAR CHARITY NAVIGATOR RATING AND WAS HONORED WITH SEVEN ANTHEM AWARDS, INCLUDING SMALL NONPROFIT OF THE YEAR.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 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 September 7, 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 September 30, 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 September 10, 2026.

  4. 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 September 7, 2026.

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

    Recognized by the IRS since July 2018.

    Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.

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