The Addiction Prevention Coalition
At all costs
The Addiction Prevention Coalition
EIN: 26-0319028
as of September 2023
as of September 18, 2023
Mission
Show that substance abuse is a deadly epidemic, lessen the shame and hopelessness of those who are struggling, and provide education and connection to enable people to find or maintain wholeness, safety, and sobriety.
Notes from the nonprofit
We invite everyone to join the thousands of members across the community helping to prevent and end substance use disorder. You can partner with us by signing up on our website at www.apcbham.org. We’ll send you the latest tools and information to advocate for sobriety in Birmingham. It is our pleasure to serve this wonderful city and the state of Alabama.
Ruling year
2009
Executive Director
Carie Wimberly
Co Principal Officer
Tara Wilkinson
Main address
105 Vulcan Road Suite 332
Birmingham, AL 35209 USA
Formerly known as
Freedom Source Inc
EIN
26-0319028
Health
Substance abuse prevention
Information and communications
Youth organizing
Population served
Children and youth
Adolescents
Parents
Caregivers
Low-income people
NTEE code
Alcohol, Drug Abuse (Prevention Only) (F21)
Youth Development Programs (O50)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Tax forms
Communication
Programs and results
Reports and documents
Download annual reports Download other documentsWhat we aim to solve
The Addiction Prevention Coalition (APC) works to address the needs of those in recovery and prevention education for the Birmingham community. APC seeks to provide prevention education for parents in the workforce as well as in the Birmingham school systems. APC seeks to be a beacon of hope and support in the deadly epidemic of substance and alcohol abuse.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
'IN-FOCUS' Student Programs
FOCUS is based on a student-led approach that promotes school and community partnerships for the prevention of adolescent risk behaviors identified in the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). Through active participation in INFOCUS, students will increase knowledge, leadership skills, and awareness regarding their value in the prevention of drug use and abuse, as well as other adolescent risk behaviors impacting the drug epidemic.
Where we work
Affiliations & memberships
ADMH Certified Prevention Provider 2021
External reviews
Videos
Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Evaluation documents
Download evaluation reportsNumber of referrals to resources offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of individuals referred to recovery and prevention resources, as measured by call log
Number of students receiving information on suicide
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
'IN-FOCUS' Student Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of students engaged through INFOCUS Chapters and Youth Advisory Council (YAC)
Number of students receiving information on alcohol and other drug use
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
'IN-FOCUS' Student Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of students engaged through INFOCUS Chapters and Youth Advisory Council (YAC)
Number of students receiving information on tobacco use and addiction
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Children and youth
Related Program
'IN-FOCUS' Student Programs
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
Number of students engaged through INFOCUS Chapters and Youth Advisory Council (YAC)
Number of support groups offered
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of Meetings for Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PALS), a support group for individuals impacted by substance and alcohol abuse and misuse (ie. family members, friends, partners)
Number of clients participating in support groups
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Population(s) Served
Adults
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
Number of participants in Parents of Addicted Loved Ones (PALS), a support group for individuals impacted by substance and alcohol abuse and misuse (ie. family members, friends, partners)
Goals & Strategy
Learn about the organization's key goals, strategies, capabilities, and progress.
Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
The Addiction Prevention Coalition (APC) aims to show that substance abuse is a deadly epidemic. APC hopes to lessen the shame and hopelessness of those who are struggling, and provide education and connection to enable people to find or maintain wholeness, safety, and sobriety. Through the Drug Free Coalition (DFC) Grant Funding, APC hopes to provide prevention and awareness in the school system, offer prevention education programs to parents, and in the workplace, and help individuals in recovery share their story in the school systems, with parents, and throughout the community.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Using funds from Foundations, Local Grants, Individual Donors and the Drug Free Community (DFC) Federal Grant, APC seeks to provide awareness of the addiction problem, provide prevention education through programs in the schools, and assists those seeking connection by providing them with relevant, local resources. In order to create a Coalition in the community, APC holds events such as the END HEROIN BHAM Walk to provide awareness and connection in the community. To engage and empower community members, APC provides a resource directory, holds Parents of Addicted Loved Ones group meetings in the community, and offers parenting education and student programs.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
The Addiction Prevention Coalition (APC) uses staff, volunteers, collaborations, and funding to be a beacon of hope in the fight for recovery. Funding from Federal, State and Local providers offers APC the ability to provide awareness, prevention, and connection in the fight to end the epidemic of drug addiction. APC provides education and prevention through the INFOCUS Student Programs throughout the Birmingham area schools for students from elementary to high school. To promote prevention, APC also engages in Student Initiatives, Parenting for Prevention Seminars, and Workplace/Athletic Teams Prevention Seminars. APC holds the END HEROIN BHAM Walk to give the community a place to commemorate those lost in the drug epidemic as well as support for those in any step of the recovery process. APC builds awareness through other activities such as Wake-Up/Community breakfasts, exhibitor booths at Health Fairs and Conferences, talks at Leadership Birmingham, PTA Conference, workplaces and schools across the community. APC provides connection through Calls for Help in which staff and volunteers fielded over 100 calls last year directing people to recovery resources, Parents of Addicted Loved Ones, Birmingham City School Coalition, which has 12 sector reps meet every 2 months working on Environmental strategies around our DFC Schools, and providing a resource directory.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Addiction Prevention Coalition (APC) was awarded Year 6-10 of the Drug Free Communities (DFC) Award. We are the only Coalition in Alabama to receive funding in 2018. The END HEROIN BHAM Walk has established new alliances with a number of key people and organization such as the Attorney General, UAB Beacon Recovery, Big Brothers, Big Sisters, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office and served 7500 people over the past 2 years. The 2018 Corporate Breakfast fundraising goal of 125,000 was met. APC is also Prevention Certified by the Alabama Department of Mental Health and is a recipient of the AmeriCorps VISTA Grant.
Within the next fiscal year, APC prepares to reach and engage at least 10 businesses in Prevention Partners Education, expand our reach in schools by 2, and continue Positive Action, our elementary school program, to at least 2 schools.
How we listen
Seeking feedback from people served makes programs more responsive and effective. Here’s how this organization is listening.
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How is your organization using feedback from the people you serve?
To identify and remedy poor client service experiences, To identify bright spots and enhance positive service experiences, To make fundamental changes to our programs and/or operations, To inform the development of new programs/projects, To identify where we are less inclusive or equitable across demographic groups, To strengthen relationships with the people we serve, To understand people's needs and how we can help them achieve their goals
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Which of the following feedback practices does your organization routinely carry out?
We collect feedback from the people we serve at least annually, We take steps to get feedback from marginalized or under-represented people, We aim to collect feedback from as many people we serve as possible, We take steps to ensure people feel comfortable being honest with us, We look for patterns in feedback based on demographics (e.g., race, age, gender, etc.), We look for patterns in feedback based on people’s interactions with us (e.g., site, frequency of service, etc.), We engage the people who provide feedback in looking for ways we can improve in response, We act on the feedback we receive
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What challenges does the organization face when collecting feedback?
It is difficult to get the people we serve to respond to requests for feedback, The people we serve tell us they find data collection burdensome
Financials
Financial documents
Download audited financialsRevenue vs. expenses: breakdown
Liquidity in 2022 info
7.40
Months of cash in 2022 info
5.4
Fringe rate in 2022 info
15%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
The Addiction Prevention Coalition
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
The Addiction Prevention Coalition
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Oct 01 - Sep 30
This snapshot of The Addiction Prevention Coalition’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Business model indicators
| Profitability info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | $98,225 | -$91,770 | $31,172 | $233,949 | $154,487 |
| As % of expenses | 18.3% | -17.9% | 6.0% | 26.5% | 13.6% |
| Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | $96,776 | -$92,811 | $30,088 | $233,013 | $150,458 |
| As % of expenses | 18.0% | -18.1% | 5.8% | 26.4% | 13.2% |
| Revenue composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $634,649 | $421,199 | $550,871 | $1,116,717 | $1,289,618 |
| Total revenue, % change over prior year | 37.5% | -33.6% | 30.8% | 102.7% | 15.5% |
| Program services revenue | 0.0% | 3.3% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Investment income | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Government grants | 19.7% | 29.7% | 68.1% | 84.8% | 85.6% |
| All other grants and contributions | 80.3% | 66.5% | 29.9% | 14.5% | 13.7% |
| Other revenue | 0.0% | 0.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Expense composition info | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses before depreciation | $536,424 | $512,968 | $519,700 | $882,768 | $1,135,131 |
| Total expenses, % change over prior year | 16.8% | -4.4% | 1.3% | 69.9% | 28.6% |
| Personnel | 64.6% | 47.9% | 39.8% | 41.9% | 46.3% |
| Professional fees | 4.4% | 17.0% | 18.2% | 19.4% | 15.1% |
| Occupancy | 4.6% | 3.6% | 6.1% | 3.4% | 4.4% |
| Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1.3% | 0.8% |
| All other expenses | 26.5% | 31.4% | 36.0% | 34.0% | 33.4% |
| Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total expenses (after depreciation) | $537,873 | $514,009 | $520,784 | $883,704 | $1,139,160 |
| One month of savings | $44,702 | $42,747 | $43,308 | $73,564 | $94,594 |
| Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $45,562 |
| Fixed asset additions | $0 | $6,870 | $0 | $0 | $17,450 |
| Total full costs (estimated) | $582,575 | $563,626 | $564,092 | $957,268 | $1,296,766 |
Capital structure indicators
| Liquidity info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Months of cash | 3.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Months of cash and investments | 3.3 | 1.3 | 2.9 | 4.5 | 5.4 |
| Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 3.2 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash | $146,134 | $54,385 | $126,796 | $327,559 | $514,933 |
| Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Receivables | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $45,886 | $0 |
| Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $19,577 | $12,340 | $12,340 | $12,340 | $29,790 |
| Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 89.2% | 35.6% | 44.4% | 51.9% | 35.0% |
| Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 1.9% | 22.7% | 39.8% | 19.4% | 13.0% |
| Unrestricted net assets | $145,511 | $52,700 | $82,788 | $315,801 | $466,259 |
| Temporarily restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Total restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Total net assets | $145,511 | $52,700 | $82,788 | $315,801 | $466,259 |
Key data checks
| Key data checks info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Carie Wimberly
Carie Wimberly is a nonprofit executive with over 25 years of leadership in communications, systems, project management and grant management. This experience combined with her family's multiple battles with substance use disorder (SUD) allows Wimberly a unique lens through which she now leads a successful SUD awareness, prevention and connection nonprofit in Birmingham, Alabama. She prides herself on collaborating with other community and state organizations to create comprehensive programs and services. However, discovering creative ways to connect with today's youth and encourage them to make healthy life choices that protect their future is Wimberly's personal passion and mission.
Co Principal Officer
Tara Wilkinson
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
The Addiction Prevention Coalition
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
The Addiction Prevention Coalition
Board of directorsas of 05/31/2023
Board of directors data
The Honorable Shanta Owens
10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama
Term: 2019 - 2025
Rusty Dorr
Maynard, Cooper, & Gale PC
Shantá Owens
10th Judicial Circuit of Alabama
Lauren Sisler
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Tim Clay
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Tim Cross
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Tyler Currier
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John Dantzler
UAB Vice Chair for Addiction Programs
Liesl Harris
Jefferson State Community College
Sherri Huff
Birmingham City Schools
Bronwyn McInturff
UAB Addiction Recovery
Jay Mullaly
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Stephen Taylor
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Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? Yes -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? Yes -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? Yes -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? Yes
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Leadership
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Professional fundraisers
Fiscal year endingSOURCE: IRS Form 990 Schedule G
Solicitation activities
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