2025-11-12T09:53:07-05:00 2024-12-31 593258909 BELLA HERMIDA VALIENTE PA 3701 W SWANN AVE TAMPA FL 33609 990EZ 2024-01-01 872910708 CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION INC CHRI 8132203132 3531 HEARDS FERRY DRIVE TAMPA FL 33618 MICHAEL A ORTOLL PRESIDENT/DIRECTOR 8132203132 2025-11-11 true true ANTHONY FERNANDEZ CPA P01975079 8132541040 2025-11-11 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z X WWW.CHRISTINEORTOLLRECOVERY.ORG X X 79681 X 79676 5 79681 4578 34374 63324 102276 -22595 74208 51613 X 74208 39648 11965 74208 51613 74208 51613 X CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION, INC. IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, 501(C)3, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO CREATING MEDIA CONTENT WHICH INSPIRES AND PROVIDES HOPE FOR INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. FOUNDED BY MICHAEL ORTOLL, WHO LOST HIS DAUGHTER CHRISTINE TO A FENTANYL DRUG OVERDOSE IN NOVEMBER 2020. OUR CHARITY WEBSITE PROVIDES FREE MEDIA AND RESOURCES TO THOSE BATTLING THIS FAMILY DISEASE. WE HAVE TWO NATIONAL INITIATIVES: 1) HELPING HIGHER EDUCATION ACHIEVE COLLEGE RECOVERY PROGRAMS AT ALL CAMPUSES, AS WAS DONE AT MICHAEL ORTOLL'S ALMA MATER, SO WE CAN KEEP OUR STUDENTS SUPPORTED IN LIKE-MINDED COMMUNITIES. 2) PROVIDING HELPFUL VIDEOS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND COUNSELORS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, SO WE CAN KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE AND HEALTHY. PRODUCED "ONE SECOND AT A TIME: BATTLING THE MONSTER OF ADDICTION"(OSAAT), AN 80-MINUTE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY WHICH SHARES CHRISTINE ORTOLLS STRUGGLE FOR RECOVERY, TOLD FROM HER OWN JOURNALS AND BY THOSE WHO SUPPORTED HER, INCLUDING FAMILY, CLOSE FRIENDS, AND PROFESSIONALS OVER TEN YEARS AND AT OVER TWENTY TREATMENT CENTERS. IT HAS WON 67 FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS TO DATE AND IS CONSIDERED A POWERFUL FILM ON THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION, MENTAL ILLNESS, STIGMA, TRAUMA, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, RELAPSE, AND HOW IT AFFECTS ALL THOSE INVOLVED INCLUDING THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. THE CHRISTINE ORTOLL CHARITY PRODUCED SAFETY NET: HELPING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN RECOVERY THRIVE, A DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASING THE SUCCESS OF THE COLLEGIATE RECOVERY COMMUNITY WE HELPED BUILD AT MICHAEL ORTOLLS ALMA MATER, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (FSU) KNOWN AS LIFT (LIVING INTENTIONALLY, FINDING TOGETHERNESS). THE MISSION OF LIFT IS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE SO THEY CAN THRIVE DURING THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS LEARN ESSENTIAL COPING SKILLS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE IN A SUPPORTIVE RECOVERY COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN FORM LASTING FRIENDSHIPS WITH LIKE-MINDED PEERS. IN ITS FIRST YEAR, LIFT ENGAGED OVER 1,000 STUDENTS. IN YEAR TWO, MORE THAN 1,500, AND LAST YEAR, OVER 2,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED. RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WHO TAKE PART IN COLLEGIATE RECOVERY PROGRAMS: -HAVE HIGHER GPAS AND GRADUATION RATES -ARE LESS LIKELY TO RELAPSE -DEMONSTRATE A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF THRIVING AND CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO SOCIETY PRODUCED "JANE DWYER LEE'S SECOND CHANCE" WHICH IS OUR INITIAL INSPIRATIONAL STORY, WHICH IS MEANT TO PROVIDE HOPE FOR ALL THOSE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE. OUR NEXT INSPIRATIONAL MINI DOC AND REDEMPTVE STORY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY. OUR CHARITY HAS TWO NATIONAL INITIATIVES. THE FIRST NATIONAL INITIATIVE IS TO MAKE OUR LIFT RECOVERY MODEL A REALITY ON EVERY COLLEGE CAMPUS. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RESEARCH, APPROXIMATELY 24% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS MEET THE CRITERIA FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, YET FEWER THAN 5% OF UNIVERSITIES HAVE AN EFFECTIVE RECOVERY PROGRAM IN PLACE. THE CHRISTINE ORTOLL CHARITY IS COMMITTED TO CHANGING THAT. BY SHARING SAFETY NET AND HELPING SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT THE LIFT MODEL, WE AIM TO BUILD A CULTURE OF RECOVERY, BELONGING, AND HOPE IN HIGHER EDUCATION NATIONWIDE. IN KEEPING WITH OUR TWO NATIONAL INITIATIVES: 1. THE CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION MADE A DONATION OF 40,000 IN 2023 TO KEEP REBUILDING ANNUALLY THE COLLEGE RECOVERY PROGRAM CALLED LIFT AS IT EXPERIENCES ANNUAL FACULTY AND STUDENT ATTRITION. THIS HAS INVOLVED SEVERAL TRIPS TO FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AS PART OF THEIR STEERING COMMITTEE HEAD ALUMNI AND DAILY BY OUR TEAM AS WE GREW FROM 1,100 IN 2022 TO 1,600 IN 2023. 2. THE SECOND INITIATIVE IS DEALING WITH TRAUMA IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WHICH WE PARTNERED WITH EMOTIONAL VACCINES. EMOTIONAL VACCINES CONSISTS OF A LIBRARY OF HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS FEATURING PROACTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED CONTENT, EACH DESIGNED WITH NON-CLININCAL MESSAGING AND SIMPLE, EASY-TO-FOLLOW STEPS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN, COUNSELORS AND EDUCATORS TO DEAL WITH EVERYDAY LIFE CHALLENDGES IN ORDER TO MITIGATE HEALTH ISSUES AND PREVENT ADDICTION. THE CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION SHARES VIDEOS WITH ITS FOLLOWERS TO HELP THEM IN BUILDING EMOTIONAL RESILIENCY TO COMBAT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, SUCH AS BULLYING, SUICIDE IDEATION, AND SEXUAL OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE, ETC. THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, RADIO, TV, OR EVENTS TO SPEAK AND SHARE HIS STORY TO INSPIRE PEOPLE IN FINDING THEIR PURPOSE FOLLOWING TRAGEDY SO THAT THEY CAN HEAL AND THRIVE IN LIFE BY HELPING OTHERS. THE TEAM CONTINUES TO MEET WITH PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MAY SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE THE MOST POWERFUL SOBRIETY JOURNEYS TO CREATE HOPE AND SAVE LIVES. THIS MEETS THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY GOAL OF PRODUCING MEDIA TO INSPIRE THOSE STRUGGLING TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES. 4578 92774 92774 MICHAEL A ORTOLL PRESIDENT/DI 9.62 0 LAUREEN JACOBE DIRECTOR 1.92 0 JORGE VALIENTE DIRECTOR 0.96 0 TIM SEARFOSS DIRECTOR/PRO 2.40 0 false false false false false false false false false MICHAEL A ORTOLL 3531 HEARDS FERRY DRIVE TAMPA FL 33618 8132203132 false false false false false false false false false false false NONE NONE true X 157039 346077 257430 79676 840222 157039 346077 257430 79676 840222 840222 18 34 5 57 840279 60 X RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED RESTRICTED FORM 990-EZ, PART I, LINE 16 EXPENSES WEBSITE COSTS 34,969 PUBLIC RELATIONS 10,500 BANK FEES 1,028 OFFICE SUPPLIES 245 SUBSCRIPTIONS & REF. MATERIAL 5,593 BUSINESS REGISTRATION FEE 61 TRAVEL & MEETINGS 5,436 PARKING 7 CONFERENCES/MEETING 1,622 BUSINESS MEAL 1,288 INSURANCE 2,575 TOTAL 63,324 FORM 990-EZ, PART II, LINE 24 COST ADVANCES 0 11,965 TOTAL 0 11,965 FORM 990-EZ, PART III CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION, INC. IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION, 501(C)3, WHICH IS DEDICATED TO CREATING MEDIA CONTENT WHICH INSPIRES AND PROVIDES HOPE FOR INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL ILLNESS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE. FOUNDED BY MICHAEL ORTOLL, WHO LOST HIS DAUGHTER CHRISTINE TO A FENTANYL DRUG OVERDOSE IN NOVEMBER 2020. OUR CHARITY WEBSITE PROVIDES FREE MEDIA AND RESOURCES TO THOSE BATTLING THIS FAMILY DISEASE. WE HAVE TWO NATIONAL INITIATIVES: 1) HELPING HIGHER EDUCATION ACHIEVE COLLEGE RECOVERY PROGRAMS AT ALL CAMPUSES, AS WAS DONE AT MICHAEL ORTOLL'S ALMA MATER, SO WE CAN KEEP OUR STUDENTS SUPPORTED IN LIKE-MINDED COMMUNITIES. 2) PROVIDING HELPFUL VIDEOS FOR PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND COUNSELORS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS, SO WE CAN KEEP OUR CHILDREN SAFE AND HEALTHY. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 28 PRODUCED "ONE SECOND AT A TIME: BATTLING THE MONSTER OF ADDICTION"(OSAAT), AN 80-MINUTE FEATURE DOCUMENTARY WHICH SHARES CHRISTINE ORTOLLS STRUGGLE FOR RECOVERY, TOLD FROM HER OWN JOURNALS AND BY THOSE WHO SUPPORTED HER, INCLUDING FAMILY, CLOSE FRIENDS, AND PROFESSIONALS OVER TEN YEARS AND AT OVER TWENTY TREATMENT CENTERS. IT HAS WON 67 FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS TO DATE AND IS CONSIDERED A POWERFUL FILM ON THE DISEASE OF ADDICTION, MENTAL ILLNESS, STIGMA, TRAUMA, ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, RELAPSE, AND HOW IT AFFECTS ALL THOSE INVOLVED INCLUDING THE FAMILY AND COMMUNITY. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 29 THE CHRISTINE ORTOLL CHARITY PRODUCED SAFETY NET: HELPING COLLEGE STUDENTS IN RECOVERY THRIVE, A DOCUMENTARY SHOWCASING THE SUCCESS OF THE COLLEGIATE RECOVERY COMMUNITY WE HELPED BUILD AT MICHAEL ORTOLLS ALMA MATER, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY (FSU) KNOWN AS LIFT (LIVING INTENTIONALLY, FINDING TOGETHERNESS). THE MISSION OF LIFT IS TO SUPPORT STUDENTS IN RECOVERY FROM ADDICTION AND SUBSTANCE MISUSE SO THEY CAN THRIVE DURING THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE. STUDENTS LEARN ESSENTIAL COPING SKILLS, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND EMOTIONAL RESILIENCE IN A SUPPORTIVE RECOVERY COMMUNITY WHERE THEY CAN FORM LASTING FRIENDSHIPS WITH LIKE-MINDED PEERS. IN ITS FIRST YEAR, LIFT ENGAGED OVER 1,000 STUDENTS. IN YEAR TWO, MORE THAN 1,500, AND LAST YEAR, OVER 2,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATED. RESEARCH CONSISTENTLY SHOWS THAT STUDENTS WHO TAKE PART IN COLLEGIATE RECOVERY PROGRAMS: -HAVE HIGHER GPAS AND GRADUATION RATES -ARE LESS LIKELY TO RELAPSE -DEMONSTRATE A GREATER LIKELIHOOD OF THRIVING AND CONTRIBUTING POSITIVELY TO SOCIETY FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 30 PRODUCED "JANE DWYER LEE'S SECOND CHANCE" WHICH IS OUR INITIAL INSPIRATIONAL STORY, WHICH IS MEANT TO PROVIDE HOPE FOR ALL THOSE STRUGGLING WITH MENTAL HEALTH AND/OR SUBSTANCE ABUSE. OUR NEXT INSPIRATIONAL MINI DOC AND REDEMPTVE STORY WILL BE RELEASED SHORTLY. FORM 990-EZ, PART III, LINE 31 OUR CHARITY HAS TWO NATIONAL INITIATIVES. THE FIRST NATIONAL INITIATIVE IS TO MAKE OUR LIFT RECOVERY MODEL A REALITY ON EVERY COLLEGE CAMPUS. ACCORDING TO THE LATEST RESEARCH, APPROXIMATELY 24% OF COLLEGE STUDENTS MEET THE CRITERIA FOR SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, YET FEWER THAN 5% OF UNIVERSITIES HAVE AN EFFECTIVE RECOVERY PROGRAM IN PLACE. THE CHRISTINE ORTOLL CHARITY IS COMMITTED TO CHANGING THAT. BY SHARING SAFETY NET AND HELPING SCHOOLS IMPLEMENT THE LIFT MODEL, WE AIM TO BUILD A CULTURE OF RECOVERY, BELONGING, AND HOPE IN HIGHER EDUCATION NATIONWIDE. IN KEEPING WITH OUR TWO NATIONAL INITIATIVES: 1. THE CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION MADE A DONATION OF 40,000 IN 2023 TO KEEP REBUILDING ANNUALLY THE COLLEGE RECOVERY PROGRAM CALLED LIFT AS IT EXPERIENCES ANNUAL FACULTY AND STUDENT ATTRITION. THIS HAS INVOLVED SEVERAL TRIPS TO FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY AS PART OF THEIR STEERING COMMITTEE HEAD ALUMNI AND DAILY BY OUR TEAM AS WE GREW FROM 1,100 IN 2022 TO 1,600 IN 2023. 2. THE SECOND INITIATIVE IS DEALING WITH TRAUMA IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WHICH WE PARTNERED WITH EMOTIONAL VACCINES. EMOTIONAL VACCINES CONSISTS OF A LIBRARY OF HUNDREDS OF VIDEOS FEATURING PROACTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED CONTENT, EACH DESIGNED WITH NON-CLININCAL MESSAGING AND SIMPLE, EASY-TO-FOLLOW STEPS TO EMPOWER CHILDREN, COUNSELORS AND EDUCATORS TO DEAL WITH EVERYDAY LIFE CHALLENDGES IN ORDER TO MITIGATE HEALTH ISSUES AND PREVENT ADDICTION. THE CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION SHARES VIDEOS WITH ITS FOLLOWERS TO HELP THEM IN BUILDING EMOTIONAL RESILIENCY TO COMBAT ADVERSE CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES, SUCH AS BULLYING, SUICIDE IDEATION, AND SEXUAL OR EMOTIONAL ABUSE, ETC. THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTINE ORTOLL RECOVERY ORGANIZATION CONTINUES TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIAL MEDIA, RADIO, TV, OR EVENTS TO SPEAK AND SHARE HIS STORY TO INSPIRE PEOPLE IN FINDING THEIR PURPOSE FOLLOWING TRAGEDY SO THAT THEY CAN HEAL AND THRIVE IN LIFE BY HELPING OTHERS. THE TEAM CONTINUES TO MEET WITH PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MAY SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE THE MOST POWERFUL SOBRIETY JOURNEYS TO CREATE HOPE AND SAVE LIVES. THIS MEETS THE ORGANIZATION'S PRIMARY GOAL OF PRODUCING MEDIA TO INSPIRE THOSE STRUGGLING TO HAVE THE COURAGE TO MAKE THE CHANGES TO TRANSFORM THEIR LIVES.