Matt Cwiertny Memorial Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
273119447
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020, Form 990-N 2012
Location
Santa Ana, CA, USA
Phone
7148946922
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$111
Expenses
$42,537
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTINE CWIERTNY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTINE CWIERTNY (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTHONY CWIERTNY (DIRECTOR)
  • MARY ALICE CWIERTNY (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the matt cwiertny memorial foundation (mcmf) is twofold: to find cures for the epstein-barr virus (ebv) and ebv-associated diseases and to improve the quality of life for adolescents and young adults (aya's) with cancer. To accomplish these goals, the mcmf raises money to fund medical research needed to cure ebv and ebv-associated diseases, with an emphasis on treatment regimes and cures for adolescents and young adults (15-29 years of age) diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (hlh) and t-cell lymphoma. In addition, the mcmf seeks to raise public awareness of all ebv-associated diseases and the need to find cures for these terrible diseases, while providing programs to enhance the quality of life for adolescent and young adult cancer patients.

What it reported doing in 2020

There exists a national need to provide education and communication to improve awareness, prevention, access, and quality of cancer care to aya's. From 2013 to 2018, the mcmf donated $45,000 to the usc-children's hospital los angeles aya oncology fellowship program. The fellowship program is a novel approach to addressing the aya gap in both pediatric and adult oncology medical doctor training programs. The mcmf believes that this program will help medical doctors be experts in the field of aya oncology and improve the lives of aya's with cancer. In 2020, the mcmf donated $42,537 to the mono project at the university of Minnesota department of laboratory medicine and pathology, expanding on its $10,000 donation in 2018. Researchers at the mono project are currently partnering with industry to develop a vaccine that could potentially prevent ebv-causes diseases, such as infectious mono, ebv-associated cancers, and multiple sclerosis (ms).

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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 89
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38,221.6%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2013 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.