Cleft Palate Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251572666
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2015
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9199339044
- Rating
- 84
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $243,984
- Expenses
- $645,817
- Assets
- $1,192,331
- Liabilities
- $229,395
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARILYN COHEN BA LSLP (PRESIDENT, ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- MARILYN COHEN BA LSLP (PRESIDENT, ACTING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- BERNARD J COSTELLO DMD MD F (TREASURER, DIRECTOR)
- NICHELLE BERRY WEINTRAUB MSIE (SECRETARY, 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. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of cpf is to serve individuals and families affected by cleft lip/palate and other craniofacial conditions by connecting them to team care, providing education, and offering personal support.
What it reported doing in 2015
Information and public education1. Provide essential support and information to individuals and families affected by craniofacial birth defects.2. Design, coordinate and implement service-delivery protocols for cpf's education, referral, support and crisis line including telephone, on-line web inquiries, and email contacts (collectively referenced as cleftline).3. Increase public awareness of the needs of persons with cleft lip and palate and other craniofacial anomalies through distribution of written information, operation of the cleftline, website content, and other communications such as press releases and articles.4. Increase awareness of cpf's mission, values, and services among parents/patients.5. Increase awareness of cleft palate/craniofacial anomalies among individuals in health, education, and social service activities when able to underwrite through grants.6. Increase awareness of cpf among acpa members and other care providers involved in cleft palate/craniofacial care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 70.6%; rating input score 71
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.08 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -164.7%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.85; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 29% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 70.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $456K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 36 of 36 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.