Hardystrong Foundation Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920935476
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2022
Location
St Charles, IL, USA
Phone
5172818762
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$225,756
Expenses
$138,537
Assets
$500,933
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JACQUELINE BYRD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PATRICK JUCKEM (DIRECTOR)
  • ZACHARY MATHENY (DIRECTOR)
  • PATRICK WOODS (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To increase awareness and support of hereditary diffuse gastric cancer. To provide resources that improve access to genetic testing for cancer risk. To honor the legacy of justin hardy through scholarships to exemplary scholar athletes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Hardystrong hits st. Louis - awareness event held at st. Louis cardinals ballpark to raise funds for siteman cancer center in honor of justin hardy. 100 attendees revenue - 20,420 expenses - 6,000 cards for a cause - euchre tournament with give-away baskets and prizes held at pollyanna brewing company in st. Charles il to raise funds for the hardystrong missions in honor of justin hardy. 50 attendees, 2 volunteers revenue - 1,261 expenses - 466 donations to support gastric cancer awareness, impacting over 1 million current and potential gastric cancer patients. Revenue - 1,467 donation for gastric cancer awareness program - 70,000 speaker series/legacy awareness - provide sponsorship to the we are d3 basketball program in support of their entrance to the basketball tournament. Sponsorship - 7,500 expenses for speaker events - 13,561

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 70% 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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 58.9%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 96%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $89.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 6th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.6%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.62; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 58.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 58.9% of revenue deployed · 96% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $133K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 17 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.