Our Friend Christopher Memorial Charities
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880953568
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Sugar Hill, GA, USA
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,762
- Expenses
- $29,908
- Assets
- $68,497
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHELE MILES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- MICHELE MILES (PRESIDENT)
- BARBARA DOTSON (CFO)
- DARCEY PUCCIARELLO (SECRETARY)
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
Our Friend Christopher Charities is dedicated to improving the lives of brain cancer patients and young adults in our community in memory of Our Friend Christopher Miles. Through our three core programs: Patient Support Advocacy and Research and our Scholarship Program we are able to improve and inspire the lives of others.
What it reported doing in 2025
Through Our Friend Christophers 2025 Research and Advocacy Efforts we were able to support many significant outcomes for the brain tumor community. These include: 1. The FDA-approved 1 new brain cancer therapies. 2. $10 million was approved for glioblastoma research through CDMRP. 3. Our advocacy also led to the introduction of the Brain Tumor Act a pivotal piece of legislation enhancing support for those impacted by brain cancer.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.7%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.8%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.29; rating input score 69; 69th 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: 36.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -20.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.8% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.7% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $27K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.