Bikers Fighting Cancer
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208886943
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2011, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Bellingham, WA, USA
- Phone
- 3604414209
- Rating
- 55
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $21,690
- Expenses
- $12,471
- Assets
- $16,204
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide financial assistance, emotional support, and help cancer victims with the healing process.
What it reported doing in 2011
Providing monetary assistance to children fighting cancer.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 63% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 25.9%; rating input score 26
- Program expense ratio: 45%; rating input score 45
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 42.5%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.3; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -22.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 25.9% of revenue deployed · 45% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2011
- 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 26/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.