Isabels Chance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871610975
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
South Pasadena, CA, USA
Phone
6263753284
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$85,345
Expenses
$96,300
Assets
$59,298
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT COWAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KATHRYN COWAN (TREASURER SECRETARY)
  • ROBERT COWAN (PRESIDENT)
  • GARY BLASIAR (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

Charitable purposes, specifically raising awareness of and funds for rare disease research, including beta propeller protein associated neurodegeneration (bpan)

What it reported doing in 2025

We raised tens of thousands of dollars for bpan research from the general public. We provided a donation to stanford school of medicine (through the lucile packard foundation) in the amount of $75,000 to further rare disease research. We also provided a $15,000 donation to the nbia disorders association for a larger grant to university of Pennsylvania orphan disease center for bpan research as part of the million dollar bike ride event.finally, we donated $6,250 to nbia disorders association as part of a co-sponsored grant to university college london for bpan research.children suffering from the rare genetic condition of bpan and their families will benefit from the research we have funded for this orphan disease.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.9%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -12.8%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.62; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 34.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $96K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.