Bounce Out the Stigma Project Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263985583
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2015
- Location
- Allendale, NJ, USA
- Phone
- 8559973900
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Brain Disorders Research
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $197,279
- Expenses
- $174,429
- Assets
- $38,607
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL R SIMMEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- MICHAEL R SIMMEL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- WILLIAM A SIMMEL (BOARD MEMBER)
- THERESA MARANZANO (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of bounce out the stigma project, inc. Is to inspire and educate young people, especially those with epilepsy and special needs, by creating and supporting signature programs to promote healthy lifesytle choices. Bounce out the stigma project, inc. Organizes and supports various camps and clinics, school assembly speaking engagements, performances, and workshops. Each program is designed to empower youth, educate adults, and remove the stigmas associated with epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
What it reported doing in 2024
Organizes camps, clinics, school assembly speaking engagements, performances, and workshops designed to empower youth, educate adults and remove the stigmas associated with epilepsy and other seizure disorders.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.2%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 96.4%; rating input score 96
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.6%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.22; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.7%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.2% of revenue deployed · 96.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $168K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.