Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582424106
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sandy Springs, GA, USA
Phone
4042551337
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Health Support Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$342,548
Expenses
$304,395
Assets
$378,906
Liabilities
$25,340

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Kimberly Emory (Board President)
  • Ray Muhammad (Vice President)
  • Doug Barron (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Doug Barron (Executive Director): $100,742 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of the Georgia Ovarian Cancer Alliance (GOCA) is to increase awareness and educate women and their families as well as the health care community about risks, symptoms, and treatment of ovarian cancer leading to earlier detection.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education and Awareness-GOCA reaches out across Georgia via health fairs, speaking engagements, lunch and learn sesssions, social media, email, print and television, and community events to raise awareness and educate people about the risks and symptoms of ovarian cancer. Bag of Hope-The GOCA Bag of Hope is one of our premiere community outreach programs. It was designed by and is continually reviewed by ovarian cancer patients and healthcare professionals to ensure the items meet the needs of the ovarian cancer patient. The Bag of Hope is given, free of charge, to newly diagnosed Georgia ovarian cancer patients to let them know they are not alone. The Bag of Hope contains items to encourage support, comfort, and HOPE during their journey.Survivors Teaching Students-In collaboration with the Ovarian Cancer Research Alliance's innovative educational program, Survivors Teaching Students, GOCA takes ovarian cancer patients, survivors, caregivers, and family members into the classrooms of future healthcare professionals -- physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and physician assistants to share their stories and experiences with the objective of increasing the students' understanding of ovarian cancer symptoms and risk factors so that they will be able to diagnose the disease when it is in its earlier, most treatable stages.Survivors Teaching Students brings the faces and voices of ovarian cancer survivors into the classrooms of health professional students to teach them about women's experiences with the disease.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 86% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.1%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: $19.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.1%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.1%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.1% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $225K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $101K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 57/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.