Early Signal Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
813198566
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2015
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
7187962943
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Support Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$128,083
Expenses
$251,882
Assets
$29,229
Liabilities
$22,158

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DANIELA BRUNNER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DANIELA BRUNNER (PRESIDENT)
  • MAGALI HAAS (TREASURER)
  • THERESA FRANGIOSA (SECRETARY)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Early signal focuses on healthcare for underserved communities

What it reported doing in 2018

Early signal has a number of programs dedicated to collect data with wearable and home sensor devices in patients with rare disorders and underserved populations. Such data is used to create analytical algorithms that can detect symptoms, track improvement or deterioration of a health condition. Such capabilities will help manage care, innovate treatment, and assess treatment efficacy.mother/baby health deliverythis project aims at testing wearable and home sensor devices to monitor health of both mother and fetus during the prenatal period, and of mother and baby during labor and the postpartum period. A focus is to find early signs of hemorrhage, sepsis, and preeclampsia in the mother, and abnormal autonomic signs in the fetus that may warrant early testing of the neonate.quality of life for brain cancer patients this project aims at using wearable and home sensor devices to monitor health of brain cancer patients to provide feedback on subtle changes in health, ensuring peace of mind during the post-surgical period.quantification of stereotypic behavior in rett syndromethis project aims at using wearable and home sensor devices to monitor health of girls with rett syndrome providing a quantitative index of pathology to monitor response to treatment.objective assessment of sleep for insomniacvb funded this project and general overhead for the foundation. Objective sleep data will provide feedback to sleep coaches delivering cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia, to ensure tailoring of treatment for the specific needs of insomnia patients suffering from ptsd and other comorbid disorders.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 41% for direct work, and 59% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 44
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 53.5%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 27.2%; rating input score 27

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -96.7%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 59%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -85.2% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -95.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 53.5% of revenue deployed · 27.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $68K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.