Ian Burkhart Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821415617
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-PF 2019
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6146024934
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Diseases of Specific Organ Research

Reported finances

Revenue
$99,941
Expenses
$71,320
Assets
$256,589
Liabilities
$5,720

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

People named in this filing

  • IAN BURKHART (EXEC. DIRECT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ian burkhart foundation helps individuals with spinal cord injuries from the initial trauma to transitioning home to continuing on with their life.

What it reported doing in 2024

Grants given to organizations targeted towards scientific and medical research to improve the physical quality of life for persons with a spinal cord injury

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 73% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 47% for direct work, and 53% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 28.6%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.6; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.9%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 45.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 25/100.