Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
Legal name: Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 364338152
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2025
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Chicago, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7739891108
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Foundations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,199,936
- Expenses
- $1,012,272
- Assets
- $1,056,680
- Liabilities
- $31,084
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
27 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Sheinkop (President)
- Jami Sharfman (Vice President)
- Stacia Hart (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Stacia Hart (Executive Director): $133,056 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation’s mission is to provide personal support to those affected by pancreatic cancer through tailored resources, connections and education, and to fund early detection research. Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation’s mission is to provide personal support to those affected by pancreatic cancer through tailored resources, connections and education, and funding for early detection research. Our Vision. Every event helps fund critical early detection research and provide essential support for patients, survivors, and their families. **Get Started** <strong>Purple Power Tees</strong> **Purple Power Tees** Created by Rolfe Board Vice President Jami Sharfman, Purple Power Tees features vibrant, hand-dyed pieces that give back—every dollar from each purchase supports the mission. <strong>Sydney's Mitzvah Project</strong> **Sydney's Mitzvah Project** In honor of...
What it reported doing in 2025
Grants are awarded to organizations that support the mission of Michael Rolfe Pancreatic Cancer Foundation which is to serve as a catalyst for the early detection and ultimate cure of pancreatic cancer through advanced medical research, public awareness, education, and provide personal support to those affected by pancreatic cancer.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.9%; rating input score 67
- Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
- Fundraising efficiency: $13.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th 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; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: 15.6%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: 66.9% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $803K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 27 people listed
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.