Sister to Sister Everyone Has a Heart Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522276395
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- Chevy Chase, MD, USA
- Phone
- 3017188033
- Rating
- 66
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Heart and Circulatory System Diseases, Disorders
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $910,083
- Expenses
- $803,058
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Susan Gurley (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Beth Tomasello- Director of (Advancement & Strategic Development): $111,576 total reported compensation
- Susan Gurley (Executive Director): $88,045 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
See Schedule O for Mission & Overview
What it reported doing in 2014
Capitol Hill Programs: Sister to Sister's Capitol Hill Program was established in 2002 to raise awareness in the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate that heart disease is the leading cause of death among both men and women. The program's initiatives include free screenings and educational events. Over 3,500 legislators and staff members have learned their personal risk for heart disease, and the steps that can be taken to prevent it. In addition to the screenings offered through Sister to Sister's Capitol Hill Program, the Foundation provides education to members and staff with an emphasis on preventing heart disease, recognizing heart attack signs and symptoms for women, understanding personal risk for heart disease and reducing risk through healthy lifestyle choices. Attendees at the events are offered the chance to ask questions of all the speakers and to speak one-on-one with a featured cardiologist. Status: The content and logistics of planning have been shared with Capitol Hill Event Planners for future use/consideration when planning for future events and securing vendors and sponsors.
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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 36
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 31.5%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 35.8%; rating input score 36
- Fundraising efficiency: $18.98 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 61; 61st 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.9%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 26.6% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -38.3% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 31.5% of revenue deployed · 35.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $288K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $112K · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 31/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.