The Gog Foundation Inc
Overview
Mission
The gog foundation, inc. (gog foundation) is a nonprofit organization with the purpose of promoting excellence in the quality and integrity of clinical and basic scientific research in the field of gynecologic malignancies, including cancers that arise from the ovaries, uterus, cervix, vagina, and vulva. Our institutions and investigators are essential contributors to advancements in treatment regimens, surgical procedures, quality of life analyses, and prevention knowledge. The results of gog foundation clinical trials have influenced the standard of care for numerous malignant gynecologic neoplasms. The mission of the gog foundation is to conduct clinical and translational research that positively impacts women through the prevention and treatment of gynecologic malignancies. The vision of the gog foundation is to be the premier collaborative network for transformative research in gynecologic malignancies.
What it reported doing in 2024
The foundation is committed to maintaining the highest standards in clinical trials development, execution, analysis and distribution of results. Continuous evaluation of our processes is utilized in order to constantly improve the quality of patient care. In 2024 the gog foundation, inc. Conducted clinical trials through our 300 plus institutions. These expenses included protocol development, regulatory affairs, meetings to review trial data, trial development through committee functions and other indirect related expenses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The nonprofit carried out 100% of its reported program work directly.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 030466352
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Headquarters
- Edgewater, MD, USA
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 66
- Accountability: 58
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 94.8%; rating input score 95
- Program expense ratio: 99.8%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: $32.48 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 97.7%; rating input score 98; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
- Public monitoring controls: Limited
- Public policy transparency: Limited
- Public financial transparency: Limited
- Impact reporting controls: Limited
- Public relationship transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 35.3%; rating input score 35; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Public governance controls: Limited
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 2.24; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.33; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 94.8% of revenue deployed · 99.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 6 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $383K · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 35 of 36 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- Money network: 17 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links