Dreamsickle Kids Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 824557748
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $152,600
- Expenses
- $138,000
- Assets
- $17,100
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JENNIFER RIDDLE (PRESIDENT)
- GEORGENE GLASS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- JENNIFER RIDDLE (PRESIDENT)
- GEORGENE GLASS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
- SAVONE GRAFTON (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
Dreamsickle kids foundations primary purpose is to provide direct support to patients and families impacted by sickle cell disease for emergency needs not immediately met by the healthcare system dreamsickle kids provide education awareness and advocacy for sickle cell disease dreamsickle raises funds and uses donated funds to provide direct financial support to those in need for food transportation housing utilities tuition prescription copayments and other unforseen financial obligations that may not be manageable due to unforseen illness and complications from their disease
What it reported doing in 2024
HRSA NEWBORN SCREENING FOLLOW UP GRANT- Dreamsickle Kids uses HRSA Sickle Cell funding to provide direct support to patients and families across Nevada. We host education and community events and monthly support groups; offer transportation assistance so patients can get to clinic and specialty appointments; provide prescription co-payment help and emergency financial assistance for urgent needs; and deliver care navigation in partnership with clinics and healthcare providers. We educate families and community partners on sickle cell disease SCD and sickle cell trait SCT coordinate referrals and help remove barriers to continuous guideline-based care. These services improve access adherence and quality of life for Nevada residents impacted by SCD.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.7%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.6%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 47.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 104.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93.7% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $135K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.