Melissa's Cause Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832803813
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Hockessin, DE, USA
Phone
3022352725
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,821
Expenses
$23,292
Assets
$1,245
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • WILLIAM L GARDNER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • WILLIAM L GARDNER (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

Melissa's cause has been established in an effort to educate others in regard to a rare disease known as cidp (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy). While educating many in regard to the disease, any monies raised will be directed to the continued study of cidp as well as assisting local children in need that are currently experiencing difficulties with this disease.

What it reported doing in 2025

Every year our organization holds an annual fund raising event in an effort to create awareness of cidp (chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy). This event will continue to be a yearly golf outing in an effort for everyone to continue to learn about this disability and pay respect to those that we have lost to this disease.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 64
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 70.9%; rating input score 71
  • Program expense ratio: 51.2%; rating input score 51

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -38.5%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.05; rating input score 10; 10th 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: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 70.9% of revenue deployed · 51.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.