Joanna Ruth Bell Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 934174766
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Spartanburg, SC, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Specifically Named Diseases Research
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $480
- Assets
- $638
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Joel Bell (President)
People named in this filing
- Brent Johnson (Secretary)
- Ethan Kuhn (Treasurer)
- Joel Bell (President)
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
The organization exists to serve as a type 1 supporting organization to Joanna Ruth Bell Foundation an England Charitable Incorporated Organization to assist the supported organization by helping to raise funds to promote the advancement of medical research of Neurofibromatosis NF and NF-related diseases to assist the supported organization in the education of the public and spreading awareness on NF and NF-related diseases and to assist the Supported Organization by financially assisting patients and their families whom are suffering from NF and NF-related diseases. The organization was formed to honor Joanna Ruth Bells memory by advancing three objectives including fund research into treatments and therapeutics for diseases related to NF with specific focus on NF type 1 NF1 advocate for and connect NF1 patients and families across a global network and connect individuals who represent the spirit of Joannas selflessness and dedication to the greater good.
What it reported doing in 2025
No 2025 programs. The Supported Organization was engaged in planning and development and support from our organization was not required.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 23
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.33; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.