Retpositive Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 871841713
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Chagrin Falls, OH, USA
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cancer
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $158,661
- Expenses
- $76,111
- Assets
- $163,878
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Hilary Hammel (President)
People named in this filing
- Chris Bricker (Treasurer)
- Hilary Hammel (President)
- Emily Walthall (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
RETPositive advances research on RET-positive oncogenedriven cancers to improve patient outcomes and quality of life. 1 Research Grant Funding LUNGevity collaboration. Provided a competitive grant to support biomedical research focused on RET-positive oncogenes accelerating discovery and potential clinical impact for patients with RET-driven disease. 2 Public Awareness & Education informational video. Produced and distributed an educational video highlighting the challenges faced by RET-positive patients and their caregivers improving awareness among patients families and clinicians. 3 Patient Community & Information Access RETpositive.org + moderated support group. Maintained RETpositive.org with up-to-date resources and moderated a private volunteer-run peer-support community to connect patients and caregivers with timely information and shared experience.
What it reported doing in 2024
In the realm of public awareness and education our organization dedicated efforts to produce and disseminate an informative video spotlighting the unique challenges encountered by individuals identified as RET-positive and their dedicated caregivers. This initiative was strategically designed to enhance understanding and consciousness among patients their families and healthcare practitioners regarding the intricacies of this particular medical condition. Through this educational video we aimed to empower and educate the community at large fostering a supportive environment for those grappling with RET-positive diagnoses.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 31
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 22.1%; rating input score 22
- Program expense ratio: 46%; rating input score 46
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 52%; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 31.1% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 67.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 22.1% of revenue deployed · 46% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 22/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 46/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.