Food Allergy & Anaphylaxis Connection Team

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463893409
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
West Chester, OH, USA
Phone
8122763015
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Allergy Related Diseases

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$723,671
Expenses
$728,705
Assets
$2,594
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELEANOR GARROW-HOLDING (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELEANOR GARROW-HOLDING (President): $236,500 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Faact's mission is to educate, advocate, and raise awareness for all individuals and families affected by food allergies and life-threatening anaphylaxis. Faact is also your voice for food allergy awareness.

What it reported doing in 2024

FAACT hosts its three-day Annual Allergy Summit. Knowing the importance of community engagement, support, and outreach firsthand to those managing food allergies, asthma, eosinophilic disorders (EGIDs), FPIES, Celiac disease, mast cell and systemic mastocytosis (SM), Alpha-Gal, and related conditions, this unique Summit unites EVERYONE and the companies who support food allergy living, management, and safety at ONE event! With dual tracks focused on disease management and digital online information, attendees have the chance to: Learn from experts, which can later be applied and shared on your social platforms, support groups, within your communities, or simply with your loved ones. Improving your digital/social media outreach with information straight from the experts, that makes your voices stronger for brands. Expand outreach from sessions provided by social media experts sharing tips on analytics, video, working with brands, and more. The opportunity to connect, share, learn, and meet other amazing attendees and partners.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 56
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.8%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 88.2%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.7%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.6% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.8% of revenue deployed · 88.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 8 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $643K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $236K · 8 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 22 of 23 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.