Champion the Challenges
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 852974991
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Los Gatos, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4082505137
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $42,805
- Expenses
- $61,580
- Assets
- $72,774
- Liabilities
- $991
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEBORAH SHAW (PRESIDENT-DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- ROBERT SHAW (CFO-SECRETARY-DIRECTOR)
- DEBORAH SHAW (PRESIDENT-DIRECTOR)
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 purpose of the charity is to provide educational materials for post-stroke patients and their families, inspiring ideas, exercises and health-related networking opportunities through written materials, seminars, webinars, coaching and other means, in order to promote their physical and mental health aiding them on their path to leading full and meaningful lives.
What it reported doing in 2024
-educated, informed, and inspired 3,200+ stroke survivors, families or supporters through on-line stroke groups support sessions.-provided over 2,100+ quick read booklets (printed and ebooks) for free to hospital for distribution at stroke units, or mailed them to stroke survivors that requested them.-received over 4500 plus visits to the website to read our online versions of our quick read flip books.-reviewed cutting edge stroke technology, and shared our learnings for stroke survivors and therapists (e.g. Healthcare vr, acupuncture, hbot, aphasia and speech technology, redlight healing therapy, music therapy).-participated with r&d team at public and private healthcare and technology companies along with leading universities, reviewed and evaluate products and solutions targeted at helping stroke survivors.-helped 8+ stroke survivors write and tell their stroke story, which we featured on our website.-spoke on over 112+ on-line stroke support groups monthly calls-held in person educational sessions for stroke survivors and caregivers (e.g. Golf 4 life) (300+), hospital staff education mission oaks (45+) , four j. Mclaughlin retails store event for stroke awareness (250+). Held a march, june, oct and dec in-person event in the bay area for stroke survivors.-received news and media coverage jefferson award: https://www.championthechallenges.org/deb-shaw-winsthe-jefferson-award/-spoke at the following hospitals to the stroke units with 75+ attendees and provide 700+ booklets (good samaritan hospital, el camino health, stanford health care, regional medical center, santa clara valley medical center).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 94% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86%; rating input score 86
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -43.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $53K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.