Advancement for Research for Myopathies

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
954837946
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Chatsworth, CA, USA
Phone
8187891033
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,721
Expenses
$130,419
Assets
$255
Liabilities
$1,424

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BABAK K DARVISH (President)

People named in this filing

  • BABAK K DARVISH (President)
  • MINOO KOUTAL (Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Research ancillary program and laboratory

What it reported doing in 2014

Long term objectives of this program is to make available biomedical research resources, such as reagents and samples, to all laboratories working on ibm2 (mim:600737). This program will help towards speeding up research, and produce ibm2 specific resources, for offering genetic counseling and testing for the iranian-jewish population in los angeles. We estimate that there are between 30,000-40,000 people of iranian jewish decent in los angeles.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 18
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 19.3%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 15%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -28.2%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.58; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -102.7% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -196.4% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 19.3% of revenue deployed · 15% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.