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Opioid Spoon Project Inc

EIN 83-4379142 · Cambridge, MA

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

LegitimacyPassesRegistration and standingFinancial healthNot ratedToo small or too little detailGovernanceNot ratedThe short tax form does not cover thisImpact evidenceDescribes programsHow well its results are evidenced

What it says it does

700,000 DEAD AND COUNTING. $1 TRILLION IN COSTS AND RISING. MILLIONS OF ADDICTS CREATED WITH THEIR NUMBER GROWING EVERY DAY. THOSE ARE THE HARD NUMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH OUR NATION'S OPIOID EPIDEMIC ONE THAT BEGAN AS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE DECEPTIVE MARKETING, OVER-PRESCRIBING AND IRRESPONSIBLE DISTRIBUTION OF HIGHLY ADDICTIVE PAINKILLERS.AND ALTHOUGH THIS EPIDEMIC HAS UNFOLDED OVER NEARLY TWO AND A HALF DECADES, WHEN YOU LOOK CLOSELY AT HOW THE RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS ARE RESPONDING TO THIS NATIONAL EMERGENCY, YOU MIGHT BE LED TO BELIEVE THAT THE PROBLEM IS NOT OF THEIR DOING. IN THEIR EYES, THERE IS NO ONE TO BLAME SAVE THE ADDICTED.AS A RESULT, UNPRECEDENTED NUMBERS OF AMERICANS IN EVERY STATE, ONCE ADDICTED, ARE LEFT TO FEND FOR THEMSELVES AND ALL TOO OFTEN, LEFT TO DIE BROKEN AND ALONE.TO US, THAT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.WE WILL ACCOMPLISH THIS BY PLACING THE OPIOID SPOON SCULPTURE, CREATED BY ARTIST/ACTIVIST DOMENIC ESPOSITO,FOUNDER OF THE OPIOID SPOON PROJECT

Income
$3,112
Spending
$2,895
Reserves
Over 10 years 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 (5)
  1. MARCH 18 2025, PRESENTATION AT HOPEWELL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. TEEN WELLNESS DAY. BRING TO LIGHT THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC AND MENTAL HEALTH. DISCUSSION PANEL WITH COMMUNITY ON THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.
  2. APRIL 19 2025 LAWRENCE LIBRARY, DEA MEDICATION TAKE BACK DAY
  3. MAY 31 2025 PRESENTATION AT LAWRENCE LIBRARY, OSP SUBSTANCE USE AND MENTAL HEALTH HIGHLIGHTING 988
  4. JUNE 20 AND JULY 19 2025 SUBSTANCE USE FOCUS ON ALCOHOL AND GAMBLING
  5. 5/14/2020. PEHAM ART STUDIO VIRTUAL VISIT. DISCUSSED CAREER IN SCULPTURE AS WELL AS WORK OF THE OPIOID SPOON PROJECT. BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC THROUGH IS PROTEST ART.

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

  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 December 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 May 2019.

    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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