Caps For Kids

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
721309078
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
New Orleans, LA, USA
Phone
5048914277
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation

Reported finances

Revenue
$44,569
Expenses
$25,242
Assets
$113,031
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Ellen Kempner (President)
  • Lee Sucherman (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Stephen D Heinrich (Founder / Emeritus)
  • Ellen Kempner (President)
  • Lee Sucherman (Vice President)

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

Caps for Kids is dedicated to giving caps autographed by celebrities to children, adolescents and young adults who have lost their hair from medical treatments for cancer and other life-threatening illnesses.

What it reported doing in 2024

Caps for Kids is a nonprofit organization dedicated to giving caps to children, adolescents and young adults who have lost their hair from medical treatments. Each patient is allowed to request a signed cap from three celebrities if they don't see one they want in our inventory. During the course of the year, we send out caps to celebrities requesting their signature on four to six caps. The caps that come back are sent to patients or put into inventory. that come back are sent to patients or put into inventory. that come back are sent to patients or put into inventory.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.3%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 99.4%; rating input score 99

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: 43.4%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.48; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -6.9% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.3% of revenue deployed · 99.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.