Our Place Open United Recovery
Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.
What it says it does
OUR Place operates a peer-led recovery community center, open seven days per week, including holidays, providing daily peer support, recovery meetings, harm-reduction outreach, family and youth support programming, and connection to treatment and community resources for individuals and families affected by substance use and mental health challenges.
- Income
- $136,449
- Spending
- $108,581
- Reserves
- 2.7 months of spending
- Largest source of income
- donations and private grants, 97%
- Highest pay
- $23,154, executive director
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate
Financial health
Fair: 64 out of 100. Higher than 39% of charities in its peer group (human services, under $250k).
Reserves
10 of 35Spendable reserves would cover 2.7 months of spending.
Debt
20 of 20It owes 0% of what it owns.
Living within its means
15 of 15Income exceeded spending by 20% of income.
Source: Form 990EZ for the year ending December 31, 2024, 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, 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 (3)
- $26,840 spent. Healthy Pro-Social Alcohol and Drug-Free Activities & Events: The organization provided structured sober social programming including recovery meetings, wellness activities, educational workshops, creative programming, and community meals. Approximately 23 weekly meetings and group activities were hosted in a safe substance-free environment to reduce isolation and strengthen recovery support networks for participants and families. The organization also conducted approximately 6-8 larger annual recovery-supportive community events, including an Overdose Awareness Day memorial event, Sober October recovery celebration, holiday family activities, and other substance-free community gatherings designed to engage individuals and families in recovery-supportive environments.
- $26,840 spent. Recovery and Harm Reduction Outreach: Staff and trained peer supporters conducted ongoing community outreach providing overdose prevention education, recovery information, and immediate support to individuals not yet engaged in services. Outreach included distribution of approximately 1,153 naloxone (Narcan) kits and fentanyl test strips, sharing recovery meeting schedules, and referrals to detoxification, treatment providers, recovery housing, and social services. Outreach served as a primary entry point into recovery services and increased engagement with care among high-risk individuals
- $53,681 spent. Direct Peer Support Services: OUR Place operates a peer-led recovery community center open seven days per week, including holidays, providing daily support services for individuals and families affected by substance use and mental health challenges. The center is staffed with certified peer supporters and trained volunteers provided ongoing one-on-one peer support, mentoring, recovery planning, and system navigation. The center averaged over 1,000 recovery support interactions monthly and approximately 14,000 recovery-related contacts annually across on-site engagement, outreach, and navigation services, supporting stabilization, recovery capital development, and long-term recovery outcomes.
Source: Form 990EZ 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 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 December 2024.
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 June 2023.
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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