SOBER FOUNDERS INC
EIN 33-4098435 · Rehabilitative Care (E50)
What they do
BUSINESS MASTERMIND PEER GROUPS: Sober Founders Operates Two Free Peer Mastermind Groups for Entrepreneurs In Recovery From Substance Use Disorders. These Groups Serve Entrepreneurs At Different Stages of Business Growth While Maintaining A Shared Commitment to Recovery Filling A Gap for People Who Are Simultaneously Navigating The Demands of Entrepreneurship and The Disciplines of Personal Recovery. The First Group is Open to Any Entrepreneur In Recovery Regardless of Business Stage and Grew to Over 210 Members In Its First Year. The Second Group Serves More Established Entrepreneurs With Additional Criteria Around Revenue Sobriety Requirements and Familiarity With 12-step Principles and Reached 60 Members In Its First Year. Both Groups Follow A Structured Facilitation Format Where Members Share Business Challenges Discuss How Recovery Principles Apply to Leadership and Receive Honest Feedback From Peers With Shared Lived Experience. Combined These Groups Served Over 270 Active Partic
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KANDACE ARENAEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
ANDREW LASSISEPRESIDENT
CHRISTOPHER FINLEYBOARD MEMBER
DEREK LEWISBOARD MEMBER
EMMA LASSISEBOARD MEMBER
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2025
- Location
- 9221 GREENSPIRE LN, LAKE WORTH, FL 33467-2217
- County
- Palm Beach
- In care of
- Kandace Arena
- Primary officer
- Kandace Arena, Executive Director
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- NTEE classification
- Rehabilitative Care (E50)
- IRS tax category
- Rehabilitative Care