Friends and Angels the Tracy Vicere Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452594680
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Wantagh, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5162930571
- Rating
- 59
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $16,944
- Expenses
- $15,597
- Assets
- $12,640
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TRACY VICERE (President)
- CAROL VICERE (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- TRACY VICERE (President)
- CAROL VICERE (Vice President)
- ROSA ALAIMO QUINN (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is to give back to those who are struggling with cancer for purposes of improving the lives of those children with cancer. The foundation seeks to help spread some cheer and lighten stress within their lives by boosting spirits and helping to provide some level of normalcy during these difficult times. The foundation shall achieve this by doing the following activities: (i)Back-to-School support: The foundation will provide financial support to purchase and distribute basic back to school items such as book bags, note books, pens, pencils, clothing and other school supplies, (ii). Host Movie Nights: The foundation will host movie nights at the hospital by providing snacks and the movie. (iii).Host Book Parties: The foundation will host a book of the week or month club. The foundation would work with a local or online book store, local business, schools and/or purchase books from donations each week or month. We will provide a forum for the patients to discuss the book. (iv)
What it reported doing in 2025
The corporation raised money for the purpose of improving the lives of children with cancer. The corporation provided the financial support from direct donations and running successful fundraisers. The proceeds were used to purchase and support basic items such as toys, clothing, books, games and similar type items as well as organizing events at the hospital for the children remaining in the hospital.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 65% for direct work, and 35% for grants.
The verdict
MIXED - 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: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 41.7%; rating input score 42
- Program expense ratio: 45.3%; rating input score 45
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.9%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 41.7% of revenue deployed · 45.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.