Rock to Recovery

We use the healing power of music to bring light and hope to people in their recovery process. By writing, playing and recording music as a group, our non-musician participants are able to build a community of support, find enthusiasm for treatment and connect through the healing power of music. And it works - clients who participate in our programs show improved measures of wellness including happiness, self-esteem, hope and connection. They’re deeply engaged, they stay in treatment longer and consistently report improved lives and clinical treatment outcomes. We hope to continue to grow our revenue which will enable us to expand our program and reach even more people.

At present, we provide direct music program services to more than 3,000 people each month, in 100+ treatment facilities of various kinds across 3 states. We also have a contract with the Department of Defense to serve the Air Force Wounded Warrior program (AFW2). Rock to Recovery connects our 18 "rock stars" with the individuals who participate in our program - we form bands and write and record songs together.

We now have a catalogue of over 30,000 songs, written over the past 10 years and uploaded to SoundCloud. Within the last three years we have expanded our services by approximately 30% and we now run 500 group sessions a month, reaching approximately 3,000 people.

We rely on financial contributions from our supporters to help us deliver our transformative programs to nonprofit organizations who otherwise would not be able to access them.

We have developed a broad market reach through our 10 years of program service to substance abuse, mental health and recovery communities. All of our musicians are in recovery themselves and bring not only top-notch musical ability, but also true empathy for and experience with recovery.

In addition to our deep networks, we host an annual sold-out Rock to Recovery award show and concert. This fundraiser has become an opportunity to expand our outreach, gain media exposure and develop community partnerships. Over the years we've had a Rock to Recovery Radio show and a podcast which have brought visibility to the organization and we host a weekly free Zoom breathwork programs which reaches even more people.

Since the org inception in 12/12/12 by our founder, Wesley Geer, we have grown to staff 18 program administrators who deliver 500+ sessions monthly, in California, Oregon and Tennessee. We also work with the Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) program through a contract with the Department of Defense. We serve more than 100 facilities, helping approximately 3,000 people each month. We have also written and recorded more than 30,000 songs with our participants.

We started concert fundraisers in 2016 and have had five sold out shows honoring people like Mike Ness (singer, Social Distortion) Wayne Kramer (guitarist, MC5 and Founder of Jail Guitar Doors) and Corey Taylor (singer, Slipknot, Stonesour). We've honored Moby, Katey Sagal (Sons of Anarchy, Married with Children), and John Feldman (Goldfinger). In Austin, we honored Kathy Valentine (GoGos) and Bob Schneider. Performers have included Chester Bennington, Fred Durst, Steve Stevens, members of Stone Temple Pilots, Train, Chris Chaney, Franky Perez, and Shavo Odadjian, to name a few. Celebrity event supporters include Drew Carey, Jamie Pressly, Tito Ortiz, Andy Dick, Idina Manzel, Jason Wahler, Brandon Novak, Eden Sassoon and many others.

Our concerts are sober events which is a unique and highly valued part of recovery communities. We offer unique experiences for people in recovery as well as sponsor partners.

Our unique business model of having a for-profit entity as well as a non-profit has allowed us the ability to offset 95% of our administrative costs by absorbing them by the for-profit entity. This lets almost all of our revenue to go strictly to program costs.

Our strategic goals are to increase the number of nonprofit program partners that we serve by increasing grant and donation revenue. We want to bring our services to more people in need including spinal injury units, addiction treatment centers, domestic shelters, residential youth facilities and for those who have experienced trauma or traumatic brain injuries - anywhere there is a need for the healing power of music.