Ryan Shazier Fund for Spinal Rehabilitation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 850837155
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Phone
- 4123562057
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $966,411
- Expenses
- $1,229,388
- Assets
- $985,696
- Liabilities
- $305,418
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RYAN SHAZIER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- LEAH FRIEDMAN (EXECUTIVE DI): $86,946 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The ryan shazier fund for spinal rehabilitation aims to give those with spinal cord injuries and their caregivers the support, resources and funding they need to live independent and meaningful lives.
What it reported doing in 2024
Empowering individuals with sci and their caregivers through direct support and community engagement: during the 20242025 fiscal year, the ryan shazier fund for spinal rehabilitation advanced its mission to empower individuals with spinal cord injuries (sci) and their caregivers by providing direct financial support, personal connection, and community- building opportunities. Through the golden window program, the fund awarded 358,889 in vendor support to 35 individuals, enabling access to essential services and equipment such as home modifications, adaptive vehicles, durable medical equipment, and additional rehabilitation sessions. The fund also facilitated ryan time, a unique initiative where individuals with sci and their families engaged in one-on-one conversations with ryan shazier, fostering hope and emotional encouragement. Additionally, the fund organized over 20 eventsincluding adaptive sports, professional sporting outings, and an accessible family retreatoffering recreation, respite, and a supportive community for both individuals with sci and their caregivers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 62% for direct work, and 38% for grants.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 84
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.6%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 75.9%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.52 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -27.2%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 43.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.6% of revenue deployed · 75.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $934K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $87K · 20 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.