Cancer Research Wellness Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 860963787
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2016
- Location
- Carmel, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8316253565
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $99,777
- Expenses
- $93,347
- Assets
- $9,784
- Liabilities
- $35
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Howard Straus (President)
People named in this filing
- Stephen Elias (Director)
- Howard Straus (President)
- Roda Casado (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
CRWI is an international organization that works to identify and develop effective means of healing and preventing chronic degenerative conditions and to provide knowledge and assistance in bringing proven holistic methods of treatment for cancer and other degenerative diseases into the mainstream armamentarium. CRWI also encourages and supports the production of natural supplements, devices, and organic foods, as well as the establishment of activities, that promote health and well-being.
What it reported doing in 2016
Provides information to assist patients and their families through support groups, lectures, conferences, medical research, support grants for cancer and other degenerative diseases, as well as medical equipment and supplies to clinics and hospitals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 90% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.8%; rating input score 64
- Program expense ratio: 68.2%; rating input score 68
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 6.4%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -29.7% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -28.9% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.8% of revenue deployed · 68.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $64K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.