Envista Smile Project Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
862822496
IRS 990 coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Brea, CA, USA
Phone
7148175418
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$417,734
Expenses
$801,282
Assets
$1,198,505
Liabilities
$27,431

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Rubin Casas (President)
  • Melissa Morrison (Vice President)
  • Heather Turner (Vice President, Secretary)
  • Vicki Perry (Vice President)
  • Filippo Impieri (Vice President)
  • Faez Kaabi (VICE PRESIDENT, TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • Amir Aghdaei (Chairman (thru 05/2024))
  • Rubin Casas (President)
  • Melissa Morrison (Vice President)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

A philanthropic foundation dedicated to providing oral health care to under served communities around the world.

What it reported doing in 2024

1. Dominican Republic Mission Trip - Supplied free dental care to more than 787 patients in the Dominican Republic. PATIENTS SERVED 787. $47,773 DONATED FOR EQUIPMENT, LODGING/TRAVEL EXPENSE FOR DENTISTS. 2. Donated goods for cleaning, cavity prevention and treatment, and consumables to free dental clinics managed by Heartland Dental and the Illumination Foundation. a. HEARTLAND DENTAL DAYS - 5,694 PATIENTS SERVED AND $265,125 OF DENTAL PRODUCTS / SUPPLIES DONATED FOR FREE. 3. Provided portable x-ray access to the Colorado Mission of Mercy, Rhode Island Mission of Mercy, New Mexico Mission of Mercy, Nurturing Smiles, Seattle/King County Clinic, Michigan Dental Association, Special Olympics New Jersey, Maranatha Volunteers International, and Shine Dental Mission. a. Colorado Mission Of Mercy, 1,200 PATIENTS SERVED, SEVEN NOMAD EQUIPMENT WITH 10 SENSORS LOANED TO CLINIC FOR A VALUE OF $8,483. b. RHODE ISLAND MISSION OF MERCY, 623 PATIENTS SERVED AND TWO NOMAD EQUIPMENT LOANED TO EVENT FOR A VALUE OF $998. c. NEW MEXICO MISSION OF MERCY, 784 PATIENTS SERVED, THREE NOMAD EQUIPMENT WITH 3 SENSORS LOANED FOR A VALUE OF $13,494. d. NURTUNING SMILES, 40 PATIENTS SERVED AND 2 SENSORS LOANED FOR A VALUE OF $998. e. SEATTLE/KING COUNTY CLINIC, 2,900 PATIENTS SERVED, SEVEN NOMAD EQUIPMENT WITH 7 SENSORS LOANED FOR A VALUE $15,428. f. MICHIGAN MISSION OF MERCY, 659 PATIENTS SERVED, TWO NOMAD EQUIPMENT WITH 4 SENSORS LOANED FOR A VALUE OF $2,994. g. SPECIAL OLYMPICS NEW JERSEY, 50 PATIENTS SERVED, ONE NOMAD EQUIPMENT LOANED FOR A VALUE OF $499. h. MARANATHA VOLUNTEERS INTERNATIONAL, 177 PATIENTS SERVED, ONE NOMAD EQUIPMENT LOANED FOR A VALUE OF $499. i. SHINE DENTAL MISSION, 300 PATIENTS SERVED, ONE NOMAD EQUIPMENT WITH 2 SENSORS LOANED FOR A VALUE OF $1,497. 4. Partnered with the University of Southern California (USC) Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry to support USC's Dental Health Equity and Access to Care initiative. a. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - CASH DONATION OF $250,000. 5. Sponsored five senior residents to Jamaica with Great Shape/1000 Smiles, where they treated over 1,661 patients with no access to oral care. PATIENTS SERVED 1,661. $52,494 OF DONATED EQUIPMENT, LODGING/TRAVEL EXPENSE FOR DENTISTS. 6. Partnered with the Vine and Branch Foundation to provide dental care to 80 Patients served by providing a cash donation of $5,000. 7. Partnered with Wellness for Africa to serve 450 patients by donating dental cleaning supplies and consumables valued at $22,908.

Operating model

Revenue model
Affiliate-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions from related organizations.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 94% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 89
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 98.2%; rating input score 98; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -91.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 31.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -63.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16.2% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $694K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 19 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.