Southwest Louisiana Sickle Cell Anemia Disease Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 470948174
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019
- Location
- Lake Charles, LA, USA
- Phone
- 3374332602
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $40,438
- Expenses
- $58,750
- Assets
- $21,177
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SANDRA GAYNELL PERRY (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- CHRISTOPHER ARCHINARD (BOARD MEMBER)
- RANDALL DAVIS (BOARD MEMBER)
- KENNETH GAY (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. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To enhance the quality of life for persons with sickle cell disease, their families and the community through education, networking, guidance and referral services.
What it reported doing in 2019
The support and counseling program provides an environment for individuals affected by sickle cell disease and their familes to seek education and guidance on methods of managing the disease, assistance in seeking medical care, and a network of support.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 76% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 77.2%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 53.1%; rating input score 53
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.15 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -45.3%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.36; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.2% per year; rating input score 0; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 77.2% of revenue deployed · 53.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 54/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.