Name

Road Recovery Foundation

Legal name

Road Recovery Foundation, Inc.

Website

https://roadrecovery.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Youth Recovery and Behavioral Health Services

NAICS

Child and Youth Services (62411), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Peer Support, Recovery Coaching & Sober Living Services (HLAFACAN)

akta.pro secondary industries

Substance Use Prevention & Recovery Services (EDALAFAE), Youth Mental Health, Counseling & Wellbeing (Education-Linked) Nonprofits (BPAGADAK), Youth Justice, At-Risk Youth & Violence Prevention Nonprofits (BPAGADAM), Substance Use Recovery & Harm Reduction Support Services (BPAGAEAO), Youth Mentoring & Positive Youth Development Nonprofits (BPAGADAD)

Keywords

• Youth addiction recovery
• Music mentorship programs
• Peer support services
• Creative arts therapy
• Youth substance abuse prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Individual Donations: Tax-deductible donations from individuals supporting youth programs. Donors can contribute via PayPal, check, or cryptocurrency.
2. Corporate Sponsorships: Branded sponsorships supporting production of marketing materials, merchandise (t-shirts, banners, postcards, stickers), with company logos included.
3. Government Grants: Funding from US Dept of Justice/OJJDP, NYS OASAS State Opioid Response grants, and other government sources supporting youth mentoring and opioid prevention programs.
4. Private Foundation Grants: Grants from Elma Music Foundation, Pinkerton Foundation, and other private foundations for general support and specific program initiatives.
5. Coffee Product Partnership: Partnership revenue through Outer Space Blend coffee sales with North River Roasters, where proceeds support Road Recovery's mission.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels11 records

Core offering

Road Recovery Foundation delivers music-based youth development programs that use entertainment industry professionals as mentors to teach at-risk youth aged 13-25 healthy coping, communication, and life skills through peer support meetings, creative workshops, and live performance/recording projects. Programs are offered free of charge through community-based youth organizations, schools, residential treatment facilities, correctional institutions, and a virtual platform, and are funded through government grants, foundation grants, corporate sponsorships, and individual donations.

Product overview

Road Recovery Foundation offers a suite of music-based youth development programs centered around its TRAX Program platform. The core offerings include: TRAX PROGRAM for community-based youth organizations (ages 13-25); ROAD TRAX for inpatient/outpatient residential and institutional settings (ages 8-25); MASTER TRAX for interactive events with entertainment industry professionals; and VIRTUAL TRAX, the online digital version launched during COVID-19. These programs are complemented by Program Enhancements and Road Recovery Music studio recording capabilities. All programs leverage entertainment industry professionals as mentors who share personal experiences with adversity to guide youth through creative workshops, peer support meetings, and live performance/recording projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• TRAX Program Community-based youth program offering young people ages 13-25 the opportunity to build healthy networks during challenging times, empowering them through self-expression and creativity while teaching life skills. Led by entertainment-industry professionals who share their experiences dealing with adversity, delivered on-site at partner organizations including youth clubhouses, schools, and community centers.
• Road Trax Inpatient/outpatient-based program following the same protocols as TRAX Program, serving youth confined to residential institutions, schools, or outpatient programs. Specifically tailored for severely emotionally disturbed, traumatized, addicted, orphaned, abandoned, neglected, poverty-stricken, justice and gang-involved children and young adults ages 8-25.
• MasterTrax Extension events of Road Recovery's after-school programs where professionals and creative artists from the music and entertainment industry connect with young audience members in interactive discussions, sharing their achievements in facing personal/professional struggles towards leading a productive, healthy life and career. Held in mutually accessible private locations including backstage at venues and recording studios, typically lasting 60-90 minutes.
• Virtual Trax Online version of the TRAX Program launched during the COVID-19 pandemic, combining all program key elements, goals and benefits using a secure customized platform. Features virtual Peer Support Check-In Meetings, Business Meetings, and Creative Workshops, with participants sharing creative work digitally across social media.
• Road Recovery Music Studio recording program where program participants work in professional, state-of-the-art studios to create their own music tracks. Includes original recordings and collaborations with guest artists, with music available on platforms like Spotify.
• Program Enhancements Additional program enhancements that supplement the core TRAX Programs, providing supplementary support and extended services for youth participants.

Quantifiable outcome

• 80% success rate over 3-year tracking period vs 30% national/state average over 1-year tracking
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

21 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• NYS OASAS (Office of Addiction Services and Supports)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019State Opioid Response grant to provide TRAX Program services at Youth Clubhouses throughout New York State. Road Recovery serves as Peer Group Specialist providing peer support and creative workshops.
• Friends of Recovery-NY (FOR-NY)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2017Partnership to develop, execute, and sustain Youth Voices Matter NY, a statewide youth recovery movement. Award included $450K funding with HFM Prevention Council.
• Sony Music EntertainmentcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Initial founding supporter along with Dreamworks Records, Warner Music Group, and Jeff Buckley Music, providing support for establishment of the organization in February 1998.
• Dreamworks RecordscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Initial founding supporter providing resources for establishment of Road Recovery Foundation as a non-profit organization.
• Warner Music GroupcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1998Initial founding supporter contributing to establishment of Road Recovery Foundation.
• Creative Connections Clubhouse (Amsterdam, NY)coreOthersOASAS Youth Clubhouse location where Road Recovery delivers TRAX Program services for at-risk youth.
• Oneonta Teen Center / Club OdysseycoreOthersYouth recovery clubhouse in Oneonta, NY serving as a TRAX Program delivery location.
• Yonkers YMCA Youth Recovery ClubhousecoreOthersUrban youth recovery clubhouse partnership delivering Road Recovery programs in the Yonkers area.
• The Felix OrganizationcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Camp Felix, serving children in the foster care system with 5-day immersive Road Trax Program at summer camp.
• The New York FoundlingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-partner with The Felix Organization for Camp Felix program serving foster care youth through creative arts workshops.
• Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services (JBFCS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-standing partnership delivering RoadTrax programs at multiple residential treatment facilities and the Ittleson Center for children who have experienced trauma.
• Caron Treatment CenterscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership providing Road Recovery programs as an innovative approach to the treatment team at Caron's New York Recovery Center, helping kids in recovery from alcohol and drug addiction.
• Graham-Windham ServicescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership since 2001 serving foster care youth, youth in transition, and their families with recovery/sobriety meetings and full production programs.
• Sing Sing Correctional FacilitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCorrectional facility partnership delivering music programs to inmates, recognized with Certificate of Appreciation for outreach and message of hope.
• The Fortune SocietycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerReentry services organization where RoadTrax participants have gained confidence and life skills needed for successful reintegration.
• United Federation of Teachers (UFT)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Virtual Field Trip reaching 1,100+ students from 150 NYC schools during pandemic, teaching coping techniques for crisis management.
• North River RoastersminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoffee partnership producing Outer Space Blend coffee, with proceeds supporting Road Recovery's mission and Mid-Hudson Works' veterans programs.
• MusiCarescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerProfessional working relationship with MusiCares, which provides safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need.
• NYU Rory Meyers College of NursingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal program evaluation conducted by NYU Myers School of Nursing providing rigorous assessment of TRAX Program outcomes.
• Applied Research ConsultingcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerExternal evaluation support provided to Road Recovery, working with NYU on program assessment and recommendations.
• National Mentoring Resource CentercoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOJJDP-funded resource center providing technical assistance and evaluation support for Road Recovery's mentoring programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• The Fortune Society: New York-based reentry organization that is a strategic partner of Road Recovery for programming serving formerly incarcerated youth. Directly comparable in using creative arts to support justice-involved populations.
• MusiCares: MusiCares (a Recording Academy / GRAMMY Foundation program) provides a safety net of health and human services for music people in need, including addiction recovery support. Road Recovery lists MusiCares as a strategic partner, indicating strong functional overlap in industry-anchored recovery services.
• The Felix Organization: Nonprofit serving youth in foster care through enrichment programs including Camp Felix, where Road Recovery delivers immersive Road Trax. Operates in the same youth-development/creative-arts intersection.
• Graham-Windham: New York child welfare and foster-care nonprofit that has been a Road Recovery partner since 2001, integrating Road Trax into services for foster care youth. Directly comparable in mission serving vulnerable youth in NY.
• Friends of Recovery-New York (FOR-NY): Statewide recovery advocacy organization that is also a strategic partner of Road Recovery (Youth Voices Matter NY). Both organizations advance peer/recovery support infrastructure in New York State.

Broad incumbents

• Caron Treatment Centers: National nonprofit addiction treatment provider with adolescent programs. Road Recovery names Caron as a strategic partner and provides extended-care programming through Caron's NY Recovery Center, making them both collaborator and near-peer in youth SUD treatment.
• Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation: One of the largest US addiction treatment and recovery organizations, serving youth through residential and outpatient programs with documented outcome data. Broader and more clinical than Road Recovery but highly comparable in youth recovery mission and peer-support orientation.
• Partnership to End Addiction: National nonprofit focused on supporting families impacted by adolescent substance use through education, advocacy, and resources. Overlaps with Road Recovery in serving at-risk youth and their families around substance abuse prevention.
• National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD): Legacy national advocacy organization addressing alcoholism and drug dependence, which has formally recognized Road Recovery. Overlaps in mission and policy-advocacy positioning around SUD prevention and treatment.
• Big Brothers Big Sisters of America: Largest US youth mentoring nonprofit with evidence-based outcomes for at-risk youth. Comparable to Road Recovery's mentoring-driven model, although BBBS focuses on one-to-one mentoring broadly rather than arts/recovery specifically.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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