Group B Strep International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205483622
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Pomona, CA, USA
Phone
9096207214
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Birth Defects and Genetic Diseases

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$76,898
Expenses
$76,396
Assets
$36,033
Liabilities
$34,249

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Marti Perhach (CEO/Cofounder, Director)

People named in this filing

  • Marti Perhach (CEO/Cofounder, Director)
  • Donna Russell MHA (CFO, Director)
  • James A McGregor MDCM (Director)

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

International awareness and prevention of group B strep disease in babies

What it reported doing in 2025

Exhibits and Presentations - Attended and exhibited at the Summit for Perinatal Excellence in Minneapolis, MN in June of 2025, approx. 200 attendees; GBSI's CEO was on the Scientific Organizing Committee for the International Symposium on Streptococcus Agalactiae (ISSAD) in Nairobi, Kenya held in February 2025, co-organized GBS parents sharing their stories via video and storyboards, co-organized, presented at, and participated in the Parent Advocacy Workshop as well as gave a portion of the opening message, approx 300 in attendance; GBSI's CEO attended and was a parent advocacy presenter at the GBS Symposium, 50+ attendees, and was one of 11 collaborators at the GBS Prevention Workshop, both events held in Perth, Australia in March 2025.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.7%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.47; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.95; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 27.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.