Mib Agents Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
811109906
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2015
Location
Barnard, VT, USA
Phone
5185243890
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cancer

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,443,724
Expenses
$1,060,038
Assets
$1,420,652
Liabilities
$325,641

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANN GRAHAM (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANN GRAHAM (PRESIDENT): $45,294 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Mib agents is a leading pediatric osteosarcoma nonprofit dedicated to making it better for our community of patients, caregivers, doctors, and researchers through programs, education, and research.mib agents envisions a world with less toxic, more effective treatments and a cure for osteosarcoma, an aggressive pediatric bone cancer.our team is devoted to creating and instilling hope with and for our inclusive and collaborative osteosarcoma community. We do this trhough mutual trust, transparency, and compassion.

What it reported doing in 2024

Mib agents patient and family support programs have grown to 6 distinct programs offering critical support to our community including:1) ambassador agents- a peer support program including training for our peer support agents. 2) writer agents- a program of monthly letters of hope, friendship, and encouragement from our volunteers to those in treatment. 3) prayer agents- a network of volunteers that dedicate their prayers to patients, angels, and their families. 4) gamer agents- a group of kids, teens, and young adults that bond through playing video games with osteosarcoma as a common connection. 5) missions- a program that designs an experience or item of comfort for a patient when all curative treatment options are exhausted. 6) healing hearts- a bereavement program for parents that have lost their child to osteosarcoma.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 64% for direct work, and 36% for grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.2%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $55.18 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.34; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 22.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.2% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $974K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $45K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 32 of 32 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 55/100.