Pediatric Sun Protection Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460753247
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Deerfield, IL, USA
- Phone
- 3122189090
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Pediatrics
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,351
- Expenses
- $44,196
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- AMY BRODSKY (DIRECTORE &)
- JOEL A BRODSKY (DIRECTOR & T)
- CAROLYN JACOBS (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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pediatric sun protection foundation, inc. ("pedspf") was formed to promote public awareness regarding the danger of sun exposure, and the potential benefits from various methods of sun protection. Pedspf's primary focus is to advocate for the value of wearing sun protective clothing, which provides an additional but relativerly unknow tool to preventing sun damage and reducing the risk of sun cancer.
What it reported doing in 2019
The program's purpose is to prevent future skin cancer by changing behavior in the way children protect themselves from the sun's harmful uv rays. Childhood exposure to high levels of sunlight is a strong determinant of melanoma risk. Pediatric clinicans can provide important sun protection counseling as our researdh shows that parents listen to pediatricians. While regular sun use prevents melanoma development in adults as wellas in children, reliance on sunccreen as the only form of sun protection is problematic. Caregivers use lotion which children balk at having applied, or sprays which may be applied too thinly. The cost of sunscreen, especially in the setting of daily use and re-application after swimming, can be expensive and unmanageable for families of lower social economic status. Unlike t-shirts, sun shields provide protection when wet, and a child can put it on, thus, providing consistent protection in the area covered by the sun shield. There are no compliance issues with sun shields. The research component to launch the pilot program was completed in 2013. Dr. Robinson and pedspf will use the research results to apply for a grant to seek funding to grow the program. Pedspf's ultimate goal is to grow the pilot program into a national program over the next decade and to truly change behavior in how children protect themselves from the sun's harmful uv rays. The majority of the funds raised by pedspf will help pay for the sun shields as well as the clinical research. The pilot program will continue to obtain research in 2015 and thereafter specifically, the research will examine the feasibility of pediatricians delivering sun protection.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 30.1%; rating input score 30
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1,779.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -22.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -46.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -42.8% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 30.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2019
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.