South Carolina Advocates for Epilepsy

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
451453429
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Goose Creek, SC, USA
Rating
55
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Epilepsy Research

Reported finances

Revenue
$47,409
Expenses
$44,708
Assets
$5,858
Liabilities
$530

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • J KAREN ST MARIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LANEY WILSON (PRESIDENT)
  • NICOLE VALENTINE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • J KAREN ST MARIE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • LANEY WILSON (PRESIDENT)
  • REBEKAH CORDELL (TREASURER)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization provides advocacy education and direct support to individuals and families affected by epilepsy through awareness initiatives community outreach and resource coordination to improve quality of life and access to care.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization provided advocacy education and support services to individuals and families affected by epilepsy through community outreach awareness campaigns and resource coordination. Efforts included connecting families with support networks increasing public awareness and facilitating access to relevant medical and community resources.

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.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. 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: 19
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.6%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 19.8%; rating input score 20

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: 5.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 46.4%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.6% of revenue deployed · 19.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $9K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.