Skin of Steel Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
272111440
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2022
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2022, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Glenview, IL, USA
Phone
8479029101
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cancer

Reported finances

Revenue
$50,735
Expenses
$72,262
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

People named in this filing

  • KATHERINE BYRNES (EXEC DIR/SECRETARY/TREASUR)
  • STEVE SULLIVAN (CHAIR)
  • KAREN HIRSCH (VICE CHAIR)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Skin of steel's primary exempt purpose is to provoke revolutionary personal, behavioral, and institutional change in dealing with melanoma. Skin of steel's primary focus is to establish a national melanoma tissue bank so that researchers have access to the critical tool they need for research: fresh frozen primary tissue.

What it reported doing in 2022

Research through advocating for and supporting the development of a national melanoma tissue bank to advance research capabilities and providing patient perspective to pharmaceutical industry oncology departments. This included: a) working with principal investigators from northwestern university, university of pittsburgh medical center, Oregon health & science university and California pacific medical center, aim at melanoma and melanoma tissue bank consortium on the parameters, guidelines and standards for the first national, collaborative melanoma tissue bank, b) speaking at forums and other events of the need for a national, collaborative melanoma tissue bank for melanoma research and speaking events about the importance of melanoma prevention through sun safety c) making a grant to the melanoma tissue bank consortium.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 92
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 80.4%; 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: -42.4%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 6.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -49.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 80.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2017 to 2022
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.