National Coalition Against Prescription Drug Abuse Inc
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
The organization aims to prevent prescription drug-related substance use disorder and fatal overdoses by educating communities advocating for policy changes and implementing harm reduction strategies like distributing Naloxone rescue kits and fentanyl test strips.
- Income
- $148,016
- Spending
- $89,963
- Reserves
- 26.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 93%
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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 June 30, 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 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 (4)
- $42,173 spent. $36608 in supply expense and $5,565 in event expense were associated with NCAPDAs youth and adult educational programs including classroom presentations parent education events and participation in community events where educational materials were distributed overdose rescue training was conducted and naloxone overdose rescue kits were distributed. It also included the cost of building the naloxone kits that included CPR face shields and non-latex gloves labels and bags. Overall NCAPDA delivered 89 presentations where 3,010 youth and 1,364 adults were educated we participated in 49 community events and distributed 5,397 naloxone rescue kits following training.
- $17,184 spent. Through a $15,000 grant provided to Bay Area Community Resource a 501c3 community partner 55 prescription drug and fentanyl safety related trainings for 185 youth and 1,430 adults were provided in Contra Costa County using curricula developed by NCAPDA and resources provided by the California Dept. of Health SAMHSA CDC and NIDA. Additionally 1,794 naloxone overdose rescue kits were distributed. Those trained included high school and middle school students parents educators school staff community service volunteers and many more stakeholders. A $1,204 grant was provided to the FED UP! coalition to support their awareness activities around ensuring opioid settlement funds were properly utilized throughout the U.S. and $980 in sponsorship funds were provided to two individuals in North Carolina who were awarded our Recovery Support Scholarship programs sponsorships that enabled them to enter addiction recovery programs.
- $7,521 spent. Website expenses of $7,521 supported our website a vital educational and resource tool for NCAPDA and included website domain hosting security scanning services and plug in fees that enabled our website to remain functional and continue to support those who visited them. The total expense also paid for ConnectAds maintenance of our Google Ad Grant that significantly increased traffic to our website giving us a total of 24,357 Clicks 338801 Impressions and 4,964 Conversions.
- NCAPDA spent $2,044 in support of our youth intern programs that included 42 students from various high schools in both Alameda and Contra Costa Counties and 8 UC Berkeley college students. A primary focus of each of our intern teams was peer-to-peer and community education and naloxone rescue kit distribution within and outside their campuses. Highlights of their work this year included the distribution of over 100 naloxone rescue kits following 2 Teens Tackle Tobacco Conference workshops our high school interns conducted their presentations featuring the culmination of their Capstone Projects during a large community education event and the International Overdose Awareness Day event organized by our college interns that was held on 8 31 25 in Berkeley CA. Expenses included gift cards presented to the Capstone Project participants and the UC Berkeley students for their outstanding contributions this year.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending June 30, 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? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
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 June 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 November 2013.
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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