Smiles on Wheels
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 205964788
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2010
- Location
- Jackson, MI, USA
- Phone
- 5177402596
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Health Treatment Facilities, Primarily Outpatient
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,840,162
- Expenses
- $2,164,003
- Assets
- $3,031,058
- Liabilities
- $110,806
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- KIMBERLY CRABTREE (EXECUTIVE DI): $116,374 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide dental services to underserved people in various counties in lower Michigan and oversee two grant programs in the upper peninsula of Michigan
What it reported doing in 2024
With public act 161 in 2005, the state of Michigan allowed for dental hygienists to practice in approved public dental programs for underserved populations utilizing a collaborative agreement with a supervising dentist. Smiles on wheels (smiles) was formed in 2006 to provide these services. Smiles is a 501(c)(3) organization whose mission is to improve the publics total health through the delivery of quality oral health care. Smiles receives funding from the state of Michigan, department of health & human services seal Michigan dental sealant program to provide dental sealants to students in schools. The program initially covered students in jackson county. Services are now provided to school aged children in 14 counties in lower Michigan and 11 counties in the upper peninsula. All children with a positive permission slip receive services, including oral health education. While providing sealants, smiles saw the need for quality, affordable, and available oral health care. Services expanded to include fluoride treatments in partnership with local county health departments, onsite services to elderly men and women in assisted living or group homes, homeless shelters, and other human health service providers in the local communities smiles supports. Smiles also provides kindergarten oral health assessments (similar to hearing and vision screenings) to students upon entering kindergarten in partnership with several local county health departments. This service is to identify students with unmet dental needs and provide referrals for early detection and treatment to help children succeed in school.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 62
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.8%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 81.7%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.8%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 15.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.8% of revenue deployed · 81.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $116K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 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: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.