June Jessee Memorial Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
824339655
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Official website data refreshed
Jul 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Phone
3144206733
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$371,213
Expenses
$280,115
Assets
$289,135
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GENEVIEVE JESSEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ANNIE HARPER (PRESIDENT)
  • JULIE LINIHAN (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ALLISON REICHART (DEPUTY DIRECTOR): $23,042 total reported compensation
  • GENEVIEVE JESSEE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $22,292 total reported compensation
  • REBECCA BELANGER (SENIOR MANAGER PROGRAMS & DEVELOPM): $17,917 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The June Jessee Memorial Foundation (JJMF) is a nonprofit organization that provides relief to help support and care for children with complex neurological conditions and their families, providing needed resources, services and connections to help make their lives easier.

What it reported doing in 2024

Free mental health services for parents and caregivers to receive support for their mental well-being through professionally facilitated support groups and access to individual therapy, providing positive benefits for the whole family. An online resource directory and interviews with knowledgeable experts to help parents and caregivers navigate complex neurological conditions and complicated healthcare landscapes. Events to provide connections and support between parents and caregivers as well as families, enabling comfort and support from others who understand the significant challenges of the conditions. Recurring virtual group music therapy sessions with a specially trained neurologic music therapist for children with complex neurological conditions and their siblings, providing a bonding experience through a therapeutic activity. Educational events to increase awareness among healthcare professionals of the unique needs of children with complex neurological conditions, ultimatley seeking to improve care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 22
  • Transparency & Controls: 57
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.5%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 25.8%; rating input score 26
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 72.7%; rating input score 73; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.5%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.03; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.5% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.1% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 6 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 20.5% of revenue deployed · 25.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $23K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 19 current checks pass · 3 findings to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.