Evergreen Recovery Centers
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
TO FACILITATE HEALTH AND RECOVERY FOR PERSONS AFFECTED BY ALCOHOLISM AND OTHER DRUG ADDICTION THROUGH A COMPREHENSIVE ARRAY OF SERVICES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL AND OUTPATIENT TREATMENT, THERAPEUTIC DAYCARE, PARENTING, DETOXIFICATION, AND PARENT-CHILD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.
- Income
- $18.2 million
- Spending
- $18.3 million
- Spent on programs
- 87%
- Reserves
- -4.2 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- fees for its services, 92%
- Employees
- 263
- Volunteers
- 13
- Highest pay
- $207,047, chief medical officer
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Weak: 43 out of 100. Higher than 10% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $10m to $100m).
Reserves
0 of 35Spendable reserves are negative: it owes or has committed more than it holds.
Debt
10 of 20It owes 39% of what it owns.
Living within its means
8 of 15Spending exceeded income by 0% of income.
Income trend
10 of 15Income fell 6% on the year before.
Spending floor
15 of 1586% of spending went to programs and raising each dollar of donations cost 0 cents.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Governance
Strong: 100 out of 100. Higher than 37% of charities in its peer group (mental health, $10m to $100m).
Independent board
25 of 2510 of 10 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
8 of 8Has a written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
7 of 7Has a 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
5 of 5Sets its chief executive's pay through independent review and comparison.
Independent check of accounts
15 of 15Its accounts were audited by an independent accountant.
No reported misuse
10 of 10Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 (7)
- $3.7 million spent. WITHDRAWAL MANAGEMENT AND HEALTH SERVICES: PROVIDES MEDICALLY SUPERVISED SHORT-TERM INPATIENT WITHDRAWAL MANAGEMENT AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO COSTLIER HOSPITALIZATION THROUGH A SINGLE FACILITY IN LYNNWOOD, WITH FUNDING FROM A VARIETY OF SOURCES. ANNUALLY, APPROXIMATELY 1,000 INDIVIDUALS RECEIVE WITHDRAWAL MANAGEMENT AND TREATMENT REFERRAL SERVICES AND/OR MEDICATION ASSISTED TREATMENT OR PSYCHOLOGICAL CARE THROUGH MEDICAL STAFFING.
- $3.5 million spent. PREGNANT AND PARENTING WOMEN'S (PPW) LONG-TERM RESIDENTIAL WITH THERAPEUTIC DAYCARE: MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING TO MOTHERS AND PREGNANT WOMEN, WITH A THERAPEUTIC CARE COMPONENT FOR ENHANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF DRUG-AFFECTED INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN. PREGNANT WOMEN ENTER TREATMENT DURING PREGNANCY AND RETURN TO TREATMENT WITH THEIRINFANTS AFTER HOSPITAL DELIVERY TO COMPLETE THE PROGRAM. ANNUALLY THE PPW PROGRAM, LOCATED IN EVERETT, WASHINGTON HELPS APPROXIMATELY 100 FAMILIES FIND A NEW START WITH RECOVERY, HOUSING, AND SELF-SUFFICIENCY AS WELL AS PROVIDING THEIR CHILDREN WITH POSITIVE EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES.
- $2.6 million spent. OUTPATIENT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COUNSELING: PROVIDES ALCOHOLISM, DRUG ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING AT CLINICS IN LYNNWOOD AND EVERETT, WASHINGTON. OUTPATIENT SERVICES INCLUDE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT REFERRAL, INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT AND AFTERCARE, DUI AND DRUG COURT PROGRAMS, DRUG SCREENING AND OUTREACH SERVICES TO JAIL AND DIVERSION CENTERS. IN 2024, THIS PROGRAM PROVIDED MORE THAN 15,000 SERVICES TO OVER 1,500 ADULTS THROUGH MEDICAID OR STATE/FEDERAL FUNDING, PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE, OR SELF PAY. THIS PROGRAM ALSO PROVIDED MORE THAN 2,000 URINE AND HAIR TESTS AND ANALYSIS FOR COURTS, INDIVIDUALS, EMPLOYERS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES.
- $2.1 million spent. LEGACY LODGE MEN'S RESIDENTIAL:PROVIDES 45 TO 60 DAY INPATIENT TREATMENT FOR MEN WITH SUBSTANCE USEDISORDERS AND HISTORIES OF RELAPSE AND MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS. AT DISCHARGE THE MEN MOVE INTO CLEAN AND SOBER HOUSING IN THEIR COMMUNITIES AND CONTINUE TREATMENT ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS. LEGACY LODGE HELPS MORE THAN 100 ADULT MEN A YEAR TO BEGIN RECOVERY.
- $2.0 million spent. OUTREACH PROGRAMS (L.E.A.D. AND H.O.S.T.):PROVIDES OUTREACH SERVICES THROUGH TWO PROGRAMS, LEAD AND HOST. LONG TERM INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT IS PROVIDED THROUGH THE LEAD (LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTED DIVERSION) MODEL (A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED FRAMEWORK) TO INDIVIDUALS DIVERTED AWAY FROM JAIL BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL SYSTEM. CASE MANAGERS PROVIDE ASSISTANCE ADDRESSING UNMET BEHAVIORAL HEALTH NEEDS BY CONNECTING PEOPLE TO APPROPRIATE SERVICES INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, HOUSING, AND MEDICAL CARE. ANNUALLY, THE LEAD PROGRAM SERVES NEARLY 150 ADULTS A MONTH REFERRED BY LOCAL POLICE AND SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENTS, JAILS, MUNICIPAL AND DISTRICT COURTS AND COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE HOST (HOMELESS OUTREACH STABILIZATION AND TRANSITION) PROGRAM BEGAN IN 2022 TO SERVE THE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS OF SNOHOMISH COUNTY. MODELED AFTER THE HOST PROGRAM DEVELOPED IN SEATTLE, IT REDUCES BARRIERS TO BRING SERVICES TO PEOPLE WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS THAT WOULDN'T NORMALLY GET IT. THE PROGRAM EXPANDED IN 2024 TO BRING THE SAME SERVICES TO SKAGIT AND ISLAND COUNTIES. BOTH PROGRAMS HAVE SERVED 204 UNIQUE PARTICIPANTS WITH TOTAL OF 7743 ENCOUNTERS. THERE IS AN AVERAGE OF 40 ENCOUNTERS PER CLIENT. WE HAVE ALSO DISTRIBUTED 3485 DOSES OF NARCAN TO THE COMMUNITY, WITH 414 SUCCESSFUL OVERDOSE REVERSALS.
- $1.8 million spent. PARENT-CHILD ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (PCAP):THIS INTENSIVE 3-YEAR OUTREACH CASE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ASSISTS HIGH-RISK MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN TO REDUCE ALCOHOL AND DRUG-EXPOSED BIRTHS AND FETAL EFFECTS. OUTREACH, HOME VISITATION, AND ADVOCACY SERVICES BEGIN DURING PREGNANCY AND ENCOURAGE AND SUPPORT WOMEN TOWARD RECOVERY AND CREATING HEALTHY FAMILIES. THESE ARE THE PRIMARY OFFICES ESTABLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON UNDER A RESEARCH GRANT IN THE LATE 1990'S. 220 WOMEN PER MONTH ARE SERVED THROUGH OFFICES IN SEATTLE, TUKWILA AND TACOMA, WASHINGTON.
- $162,651 spent. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING:PROVIDES SHORT-TERM HOUSING AND CASE MANAGEMENT FOR HOMELESS FAMILIES AND SINGLE ADULTS IN EARLY RECOVERY MOVING FROM INPATIENT TREATMENT TO EVERGREEN OUTPATIENT. OVER TWO DOZEN INDIVIDUALS WERE SERVED DURING 2024.
Source: Form 990 for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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 2024.
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 June 1975.
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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