David Iery Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824826504
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Vanceburg, KY, USA
Phone
6067963785
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,731
Expenses
$31,645
Assets
$15,973
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • David Iery (President)
  • Carol Cunningham (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • David Iery (President)
  • Carol Cunningham (Vice President)
  • Kathy Dillow (Finance Officer/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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To cure paralysis, educate youth about prevention and awareness of spinal cord injury by providing scholarships while serving the community

What it reported doing in 2024

The David Iery Foundation has given numerous scholarships to high school seniors who have demonstrated their education about spinal cord injury prevention and awareness through essays and sportsmanship conduct.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 37
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 39.7%; rating input score 40
  • Program expense ratio: 32.3%; rating input score 32

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -23%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 30; 30th 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: 43.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 39.7% of revenue deployed · 32.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.