Don't Ever Give Up Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475304184
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Cary, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9194433556
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,608,341
- Expenses
- $33,225,945
- Assets
- $19,330,002
- Liabilities
- $11,952,671
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
24 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SHANE JACOBSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THR: 8.25)
- CLARK KINLIN (INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER FR: 7.25)
- CHANDA JEANINE DOUGLAS-WARD (VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES THR: 7.25)
- CARRIE H THOMAS (SR. VICE PRESIDENT, PARTNERSHIP)
- JANE DIANE BAER (SR. VICE PRESIDENT, MARKET DEVELOPMENT AND EVENTS)
- PHILIP PILEWSKI (VICE PRESIDENT, PRINCIPAL GIFTS)
Highest reported compensation
- SHANE JACOBSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THR: 8.25): $632,277 total reported compensation
- SUSANNA F GREER (CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER): $356,615 total reported compensation
- LAUREN E HALL (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER THR: 12.24): $336,031 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of don't ever give up, inc. Is to receive, administer and expend funds to support the v foundation, an internal revenue code section 501(c)(3) organization, in their mission to fund game-changing research and all-star scientists to accelerate victory over cancer and save lives.
What it reported doing in 2024
Annual grant to the v foundation of net funds generated from event-related fundraising activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.2%; rating input score 98
- Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.89 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -35%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.62; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 1.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 18% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.9% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 22.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.2% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $24.2M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $632K · 24 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.