Lupus Foundation of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
911730823
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
8777742992
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Specifically Named Diseases

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$124,187
Expenses
$87,359
Assets
$50,486

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To find a cure for lupus through research and education.

What it reported doing in 2011

Lupus Foundation of America Pacific Northwest Chapter seeks to find a cure for Lupus through research and education. The Foundation is dedicated to improving the quality of life for lupus patients and their loved ones. The Pacific Northwest Chapter's mission is to educate and inform lupus patients, their families, the medical community, and the general public by promoting awareness and understanding of lupus; to support lupus patients and families by providing moral support, encouragement, and service to those whose lives have been affected by lupus; to promote and support research for better treatment and an eventual cure for lupus. Over the past fiscal year LFA-PNW operated a toll-free lupus support line, engaged in direct advocacy and community education, hosted community lupus walks across the region, and ran a number of lupus support groups in various cities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.2%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 48.6%; rating input score 49

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.7%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -25.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -18.9% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.2% of revenue deployed · 48.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $42K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.