Breast Cancer Network of Strength Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363049954
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2009
Forms available
Form 990 2009
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3129868338
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,785,751
Expenses
$11,053,838
Assets
$4,568,934
Liabilities
$1,796,345

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To ensure, through information, empowerment and peer support, that no one faces breast cancer alone.

What it reported doing in 2009

Yourshoes - breast cancer network of strength has the country's only free-of-charge, confidential 24/7 breast cancer support center staffed entirely by breast cancer survivors who are certified and trained to provide information and support to anyone touched by breast cancer, with interpreters in 150 languages. Through the match program, callers can be paired with a peer counselor who shares a specific diagnosis or similar concerns. The match program also provides support and education for people while they are supporting a wife, partner or other loved one through the disease. Breast cancer network of strength's wig & prosthesis bank provides free-of-charge products for those with limited resources.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -42%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.41; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $9.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $231K · 21 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • 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: Operating margin scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.