Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521840230
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Bethesda, MD, USA
Phone
2022989211
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Specifically Named Diseases Research

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,182,818
Expenses
$3,081,292
Assets
$827,505
Liabilities
$819,390

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREA STANCIK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • W MICHAEL GRETSCHEL (PRESIDENT, NONVOTING)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDREA STANCIK (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $97,292 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To help find the cure for diabetes, and until that goal is achieved, to provide the care and self-management skills needed to combat the life-threatening complications of diabetes, and to promote public education about the causes, prevention and treatment of the disease.

What it reported doing in 2024

Global outreach assistance - the foundation works closely with the worldwide diabetes wellness network that consists of: the diabetes research and wellness foundation, inc. (us), diabetes research & wellness foundation (uk), diabetes research & wellness foundation (sw), the association pour la diabete (fr), diabetes research & wellness foundation (fi), diabetes research & wellness foundation (nw). While all of the members of the network are separate organizations working for the benefit of people within their specific countries and throughout the world, we share the same goals and don't lose sight of the bigger picture - diabetes knows no borders - enabling us to take advantage of our international dimension for the benefit of the charity and our beneficiaries. The network was established to convey a unified message that supports the foundation's mission and to capitalize on economies of scale in producing materials.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 30.3%; rating input score 30; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 3.2%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.99; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.2%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.1% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $2.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $97K · 7 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 30/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.