Mia Hamm Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562132365
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Phone
9195449848
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$165,750
Expenses
$137,796
Assets
$234,836
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MIA HAMM (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM HAMM (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHANIE HAMM (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE BRUNNER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • MIA HAMM (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM HAMM (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHANIE HAMM (VICE 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 mia hamm foundation is a non-profit, national organization dedicated to raising funds and awareness for families in need of a bone marrow or cord blood transplant and the development of more opportunities for young women to participate in sports.

What it reported doing in 2025

The mia hamm foundation awarded six grants to raise awareness and provide support for bone marrow and cord blood transplant patients and their families. This year's grant recipients included organizations that work to raise awareness of the need for more bone marrow donors and organizations that provide hospitality houses where patients and families can stay after a bone marrow transplant.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 83% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up 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: 55
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.7%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 59.2%; rating input score 59

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.9%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.7% of revenue deployed · 59.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $82K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.