Fighting Back Scholarship Program Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
010731414
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Malvern, PA, USA
Phone
6106888868
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$580,242
Expenses
$478,984
Assets
$1,117,202
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT DILLMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM W ORR (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SCOTT DILLMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM W ORR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MARK SERGAS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The fighting back scholarship program is a community of support and inspiration. Our mission is to provide financial assistance for post-rehabilitative exercise to individuals recovering from a life changing injury or illness, and to recognize individuals at our annual achievement night for their courage, desire and perseverance.

What it reported doing in 2024

Scholarship program: to provide financial assistance for post-rehabilitative exercise to individuals recovering from a life changing injury or illness.during the 2025 fiscal year, 109 individual scholarships were provided for post rehabilitative exercise. This is the equivalent of over 3,500 hours of post rehabilitation exercise over a one year period. The results of which are increased mobility, strength, and increased confidence to our scholarship recipients. The demand for scholarship still exceeds our supply of scholarships. We will continue to grow the organization to provide more scholarships as it becomes fiscally possible.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 64% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.3%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 80.5%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $15.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 17.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.33; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.3% of revenue deployed · 80.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $385K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Document-retention policy not reported.