Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821255650
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4124265120
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$587,294
Expenses
$375,230
Assets
$675,697
Liabilities
$42,114

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Carol May RN MSN MBA CHPPN (President)
  • Betsy Hawley MA (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Betsy Hawley MA (Executive Director): $53,900 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pediatric Palliative Care Coalition (PPCC) provides education, information, & resources to families & medical professionals caring for children with life limiting illnesses.

What it reported doing in 2025

EDUCATION - Delivers high-quality educational programming to advance knowledge, collaboration, & best practices in the field of pediatric palliative care. Through the Pediatric Palliative Care Webinar Series & the PPC: Advanced Training Series evidence-based education are provided that are led by nationally recognized experts, equiping health-care professionals with the knowledge & skills needed to improve care for children with serious illnesses & their families. PPCC also hosts Firefly Chats, 16 expert presenters & over 5,000 attendees. In addition, the Firefly Chats, interactive virtual discussions that bring together clinicians & family caregivers, to explore emerging issues & share lived experiences. In 2025, PPCC presented 16 educational programs featuring 28 expert faculty, engaging > 6,300 registrants & participants from across the US & internationally, while awarding CPE credits for nurses & social workers. These programs continue to strengthen the pediatric palliative care workforce & improve access to specialized educaton.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 66
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.5%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $17.26 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 51; 51st 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: Limited
  • 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.1%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.8; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 35.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 22% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.5% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $303K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $54K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 52/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.