Institute of Reproductive Grief Care
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 991533748
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- San Diego, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6195019414
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,603,935
- Expenses
- $1,363,979
- Assets
- $1,252,624
- Liabilities
- $288,924
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAELENE FREDENBURG (PRESIDENT/CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MICHAELENE FREDENBURG (PRESIDENT/CEO): $136,258 total reported compensation
- CHENAYLE HATFIELD (COO): $110,782 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Institute of reproductive grief care, is the global leader in education, research, expertise and support after reproductive loss without religious or political affiliation.
What it reported doing in 2025
Rgcare5 screener: research indicates that reproductive loss is associated with delayed or prolonged grief reactions. The lack of a practical clinical screener to assess grief symptoms negatively compounds this situation. To address this gap in care, institute of reproductive grief care developed a 5-question screener, rgcare5 screener. During 2025, in collaboration with researchers at baylor/Texas children's hospital women's pavilion, Indiana university indianapolis, and san diego state university, phase 3 research was completed and planning for the final phases was begun. Rgcare5 is estimated to be ready for use in 2027. 100% of support for the rgcare5 screener is supported by individual donors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.7%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 77.9%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: $8.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 18.1%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.7% of revenue deployed · 77.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 9 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $136K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.