Andy Derr Foundation for Kidney Cancer Research
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811302321
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Fogelsville, PA, USA
- Phone
- 6104421066
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,433
- Expenses
- $79,661
- Assets
- $63,189
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOANN DERR (PRESIDENT)
- MEGAN L BARKANIC (VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)
People named in this filing
- JOANN DERR (PRESIDENT)
- MEGAN L BARKANIC (VICE PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)
- BRIAN A DERR (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The andy derr foundation for kidney cancer research's mission is to raise money and donate funds to benefit kidney cancer research and patient awareness, advocacy, and education efforts with an emphasis on programs in the lehigh valley area of Pennsylvania
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025 we provided a total of $75,000 in grant funding to the lehigh valley health network (lvhn) and st. Luke's university heath network (sluhn). The lehigh valley health network grant was for a number of it's cancer institute's 2025 and 2026 initiatives, including the yearly kidney cancer patient education and connection event, and sponsoring a quality of life survey research study. We continued our partnership with st. Luke's university health network in 2025, and the funds provided continued our two-year immune gene mutation research project that explores how genetic mutations, such as beta-2 microglobulin (b2m), affect patient response to immunotherapy in kidney cancer. In addition, the funds sponsored sluhn's conference attendance for researchers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 27
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 94.1%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: $152.81 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 25%; rating input score 25; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -38.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 25/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.