Brenda Mehling Cancer Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760730417
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
Phone
3102444512
Rating
54
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$7,834
Expenses
$6,639
Assets
$19,517
Liabilities
$650

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNY KETCHEPAW (Vice President)
  • DEBBIE HOLBROOK (President)

People named in this filing

  • JENNY KETCHEPAW (Vice President)
  • DEBBIE HOLBROOK (President)
  • DANIELLE WHITENER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The brenda mehling cancer fund supports patients currently undergoing cancer treatment. The fund covers services to meet daily needs, such as home health care services, temporary housing, rent, insurance, and food. The fund also covers co-payments required by many health plans for medical care.

What it reported doing in 2016

Payments on behalf of cancer patients for health and general related needs.

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
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 comfortably covers expenses. 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: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 31.9%; rating input score 32
  • Program expense ratio: 37.7%; rating input score 38

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.94; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -35.2% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -22.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 31.9% of revenue deployed · 37.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.