Miracle Players Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 274366738
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2016–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2016, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9723900025
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Theater
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57
- Expenses
- $32,395
- Assets
- $4,145
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH COCHRAN (Director)
- JAMES COCHRAN (Director)
- JILL COCHRAN (Director)
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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of miracle players is to address the medical and emotional needs of pediatric cancer patients by using the fun and confidence building art of musical theatre to brighten the days of hospitalized children and their families and by raising funds to support childhood cancer research and to support other charitiesthat advance charitable and/or educational goals that are consistent with those of this organization.
What it reported doing in 2016
The purpose of miracle players is to address the medical and emotional needs of pediatric cancer patients by using the fun and confidence building art of musical theatre to brighten the days of hospitalized children and their families and by raising funds to support childhood cancer research.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 92.6%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -56,733.3%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.