Prostate Cancer Awareness Project

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204509127
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Manhattan Beach, CA, USA
Phone
3103563872
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Diseases of Specific Organs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$42,019
Expenses
$27,034
Assets
$19,759
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT HESS (CHAIR, PRES. PRGM & DEV. D)
  • HARRIETT M LANFRE (BOARD MEMBER)
  • G SCOTT PETERSON (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create a series of fundraising events that will generate funds for research and prevention of prostate cancer, and for the rehabilitaion of prostate cancer survivors. Also to create fundraising events that will generate funds for early detection and awareness of breast cancer prevention.

What it reported doing in 2015

Developed and managed the first internet prostate cancer early detection system - www.prostatetracker.org; promoted prostate cancer and breast cancer awareness; and educated the public on prostate and breast cancer prevention.

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 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 63
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.7%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 80.3%; rating input score 80

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: 35.7%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -74.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 122.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.7% of revenue deployed · 80.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.