Sail Beyond Cancer Annapolis Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 880947577
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Annapolis, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4109402645
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $80,898
- Expenses
- $100,482
- Assets
- $190,759
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VICKI SAPORTA (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- SUZANNE JOHNSON (EXECUTIVE DI): $20,000 total reported compensation
- CHRISTINE COTTER (EXECUTIVE DI): $10,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Honoring those challenged by cancer by harnessing the healing power of wind, water, and sail.
What it reported doing in 2024
Sail beyond cancer annapolis inc (sbca) provides free, three-hour, private sails for cancer patients, their caregivers, and loved ones. These special sailing excursions create opportunities for those challenged by cancer to rebuild courage and make lasting memories. Anyone in treatment for any type of cancer, regardless of their age, income level, ethnic background, or other life circumstances is eligible to come sailing with us. No matter where on the continuum of health and terminal disease a cancer patient's prognosis may fall, the diagnosis of cancer and the treatments that follow bring with them commonly occurring experiences for the patient: stress, anxiety, depression, and unease. Our respite sails bring people together and help ease the stresses, fears, and unknowns that cancer brings to an entire family. Our sails are conducted by experienced volunteer captains and trained crew on our donated vessel, a 40' beneteau sloop and other private yachts. Sbca is unique in bringing diverse cancer patients, caregivers, and their families together on private respite sails. By "casting off the lines," these sails help patients enjoy their loved ones and feel "cancer free" for a time.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 99% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 91.6%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $32.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 76; 76th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -24.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.9; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 29.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 84.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -100.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $92K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $20K · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.