Connecticut Valley Addiction Recovery Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
Points to look into
- It reported loans to or from officers, directors or other insiders.
- It owes more than it owns.
These come from the organization's own tax return. There may be a good explanation; ask the charity.
What it says it does
CONNECTICUT VALLEY ADDICTION RECOVERY, INC IS DEDICATED TO THE TREATMENT AND SUPPORT OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SUBSTANCE USE AND RELATED DISORDERS. CVAR BELIEVES THAT HEALING THE UNDERLYING BEHAVIORAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS CONTRIBUTING TO ADDICTION IS CRUCIAL TO ACHIEVING LONG TERM SOBRIETY. IF LEFT UNTREATED, THESE ISSUES CAN EASILY LEAD TO RELAPSE, WHICH IS A DISSERVICE TO ALL OF THE HARD WORK PUT INTO RECOVERY. THE CLINICAL TEAM PROVIDES INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING, GROUP THERAPY AND CASE MANAGEMENT TO IDENTIFY AND HEAL THE MENTAL AND EMOTIONAL DISORDERS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO ADDICTION.
- Income
- $1.0 million
- Spending
- $1.1 million
- Spent on programs
- 88%
- Reserves
- -1.4 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 72%
- Employees
- 18
- Highest pay
- $64,440, executive di
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
Weak: 33 out of 100. Higher than 6% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
0 of 20It owes 33668% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 4% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1588% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 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
Fair: 55 out of 100. Higher than 12% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $1m to $10m).
Independent board
25 of 255 of 7 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7Reports no 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
0 of 15Its accounts were not audited or reviewed by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
0 of 10Reports at least one of: diversion of assets, excess benefits, 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)
- $670,405 spent. MEDICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), PRINCIPALLY OPIOID AND ALCOHOL- CVAR HAS EXPANDED ACCESS TO TREATMENT OF OPIOID USE DISORDER INCLUDING THE PRESCRIPTION OF MEDICATIONS APPROVED FOR OFFICE-BASED TREATMENT. CVAR REMAINS THE ONLY NON-PROFIT SINGLE SPECIALTY MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE DEVOTED TO THE CARE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD. ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE, UNDER THE PROGRAM OF RAPID ACCESS TO MEDICATION, TO ACCEPT REFERRALS OF PATIENTS WHO ARE SEEN AND EVALUATED IN THE ED AND HAVE MEDICATION TREATMENT STARTED. THESE REFERRALS ARE SEEN WITHIN 24 HOURS (REFERRALS MADE ON WEEKENDS THE FOLLOWING MONDAY). A SIMILAR PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF ALCOHOL DETOXIFICATION AND TREATMENT. OUR FOCUS ON TREATING ALCOHOL USE DISORDER WITH FDA-APPROVED MEDICATIONS HAS BEEN FURTHER DEVELOPED AND OUR USE OF THAT MODALITY HAS INCREASED. IN 2025 CVAR SERVED 409 UNIQUE CLIENTS. MEDICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER (SUD), PRINCIPALLY OPIOID AND ALCOHOL- CVAR HAS EXPANDED ACCESS TO TREATMENT OF OPIOID USE DISORDER INCLUDING THE PRESCRIPTION OF MEDICATIONS APPROVED FOR OFFICE-BASED TREATMENT. CVAR REMAINS THE ONLY NON-PROFIT SINGLE SPECIALTY MULTIDISCIPLINARY PRACTICE DEVOTED TO THE CARE OF INDIVIDUALS WITH SUD. ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE LOCAL HOSPITAL EMERGENCY DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE, UNDER THE PROGRAM OF RAPID ACCESS TO MEDICATION, TO ACCEPT REFERRALS OF PATIENTS WHO ARE SEEN AND EVALUATED IN THE ED AND HAVE MEDICATION TREATMENT STARTED. THESE REFERRALS ARE SEEN WITHIN 24 HOURS (REFERRALS MADE ON WEEKENDS THE FOLLOWING MONDAY). A SIMILAR PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED FOR OUTPATIENT MANAGEMENT OF ALCOHOL DETOXIFICATION AND TREATMENT. OUR FOCUS ON TREATING ALCOHOL USE DISORDER WITH FDA-APPROVED MEDICATIONS HAS BEEN FURTHER DEVELOPED AND OUR USE OF THAT MODALITY HAS INCREASED. IN 2025 CVAR SERVED 409 UNIQUE CLIENTS.
- $268,162 spent. COUNSELING SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER- ALL PATIENTS BEING TREATED FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS SEE A COUNSELOR FOR INDIVIDUAL AND/OR GROUP SESSIONS. EXPANSION OF OUR GROUP OFFERINGS HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY THE LOSS OF ONE THERAPIST IN THE LAST YEAR. PLANS ARE TO REPLACE HER AND ADD ANOTHER THERAPIST (< 1 FTE) TO CONDUCT GROUPS. WE CONTINUE TO TAILOR OUR GROUP OFFERINGS TO INCLUDE GENDER SPECIFIC GROUPS FACILITATED AND A TELEHEALTH GROUP TO EXTEND ACCESS TO WORKING CLIENTS AND THOSE WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. WE USE TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES OR OTHER, INSURMOUNTABLE, ACCESS BARRIERS. PLANS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE TO HAVE SUFFICIENT COUNSELING CAPACITY SO THAT SERVICES CAN BE OFFERED TO PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING MEDICATION FROM OUR PRESCRIBERS. THE PRACTICE NOW IS A REFERRAL PARTNER WITH THE VERMONT IMPAIRED DRIVER REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND WILL BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW WINDSOR COUNTY DRUG COURT WITH ITS INCEPTION IN 2025. IN 2025 CVAR SERVED 400 CLIENTS, THERE WERE 2661 COUNSELING VISITS. SOME PATIENTS COME SOLELY FOR COUNSELING WITHOUT MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT. COUNSELING SERVICES FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER- ALL PATIENTS BEING TREATED FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS SEE A COUNSELOR FOR INDIVIDUAL AND/OR GROUP SESSIONS. EXPANSION OF OUR GROUP OFFERINGS HAS BEEN HAMPERED BY THE LOSS OF ONE THERAPIST IN THE LAST YEAR. PLANS ARE TO REPLACE HER AND ADD ANOTHER THERAPIST (< 1 FTE) TO CONDUCT GROUPS. WE CONTINUE TO TAILOR OUR GROUP OFFERINGS TO INCLUDE GENDER SPECIFIC GROUPS FACILITATED AND A TELEHEALTH GROUP TO EXTEND ACCESS TO WORKING CLIENTS AND THOSE WITHOUT TRANSPORTATION. WE USE TELEHEALTH TECHNOLOGY FOR INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS WITH SIGNIFICANT TRANSPORTATION ISSUES OR OTHER, INSURMOUNTABLE, ACCESS BARRIERS. PLANS CONTINUE TO EVOLVE TO HAVE SUFFICIENT COUNSELING CAPACITY SO THAT SERVICES CAN BE OFFERED TO PATIENTS WHO ARE NOT CURRENTLY RECEIVING MEDICATION FROM OUR PRESCRIBERS. THE PRACTICE NOW IS A REFERRAL PARTNER WITH THE VERMONT IMPAIRED DRIVER REHABILITATION PROGRAM AND WILL BECOME ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEW WINDSOR COUNTY DRUG COURT WITH ITS INCEPTION IN 2025. IN 2025 CVAR SERVED 400 CLIENTS, THERE WERE 2661 COUNSELING VISITS. SOME PATIENTS COME SOLELY FOR COUNSELING WITHOUT MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT.
- $19,154 spent. CASE MANAGEMENT- IN ADDITION TO CONTINUED COOPERATION WITH THE VT BLUEPRINT FOR HEALTH, CVAR WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE PREFERRED PROVIDER PROGRAM, GIVING ACCESS TO A BLOCK GRANT THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES TO HIRE A COORDINATOR TO DEVELOP AN OUTREACH PROGRAM. THIS IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SUD TREATMENT AT CVAR IN THE LOCAL MEDICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IN A TARGETED AND CONCENTRATED FASHION TO THE POPULATION OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WHO STRUGGLE TO ACCESS EVEN BASIC SERVICES AND NEEDS, THIS INITIATIVE DOVETAILS WITH THE CONTINUED OFFERING OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES BY A CERTIFIED NURSE CASE MANAGER TO ASSIST CLIENTS WITH OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO TREATMENT AND HEALTH SUCH AS HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND HEALTH INSURANCE. CVAR CONTINUES TO MANAGE A FUND ESTABLISHED WITH THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS, THROUGH WHICH WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO OFFER LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF TREATMENT TO UN- AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS. THIS PROGRAM IS AUGMENTED BY VERMONT DSU BLOCK GRANTS EARMARKED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IN 2025 CVAR SERVED 164 CLIENTS. CASE MANAGEMENT- IN ADDITION TO CONTINUED COOPERATION WITH THE VT BLUEPRINT FOR HEALTH, CVAR WAS ACCEPTED INTO THE VERMONT DEPARTMENT OF SUBSTANCE USE PREFERRED PROVIDER PROGRAM, GIVING ACCESS TO A BLOCK GRANT THAT PROVIDES RESOURCES TO HIRE A COORDINATOR TO DEVELOP AN OUTREACH PROGRAM. THIS IS DESIGNED TO INCREASE AWARENESS OF THE AVAILABILITY OF SUD TREATMENT AT CVAR IN THE LOCAL MEDICAL AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROVIDER COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO IN A TARGETED AND CONCENTRATED FASHION TO THE POPULATION OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WHO STRUGGLE TO ACCESS EVEN BASIC SERVICES AND NEEDS, THIS INITIATIVE DOVETAILS WITH THE CONTINUED OFFERING OF CASE MANAGEMENT SERVICES BY A CERTIFIED NURSE CASE MANAGER TO ASSIST CLIENTS WITH OVERCOMING BARRIERS TO TREATMENT AND HEALTH SUCH AS HOUSING, TRANSPORTATION, AND HEALTH INSURANCE. CVAR CONTINUES TO MANAGE A FUND ESTABLISHED WITH THE GENEROSITY OF DONORS, THROUGH WHICH WE ARE ALSO ABLE TO OFFER LIMITED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP DEFRAY THE COST OF TREATMENT TO UN- AND UNDERINSURED INDIVIDUALS. THIS PROGRAM IS AUGMENTED BY VERMONT DSU BLOCK GRANTS EARMARKED FOR THIS PURPOSE. IN 2025 CVAR SERVED 164 CLIENTS.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since March 2020.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 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 7, 2026.
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