Southwest Transplant Alliance Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832298337
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 2145220255
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $402,247
- Expenses
- $363,088
- Assets
- $7,783,596
- Liabilities
- $326,144
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- BRADLEY ADAMS (DIRECTOR): $780,799 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Southwest transplant alliance foundation (foundation), formerly known as outlive yourself foundation, was formed on october 15, 2018. The foundation is a Texas not-for-profit corporation that is recognized as tax exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. The mission of the foundation is: (1) to foster education and research with respect to organ and tissue donation, procurement, and transplantation; (2) to foster public service programs and the education of the public on the importance and benefits of organ and tissue donation; (3) to support the needs of the donor families & transplant recipients through the donation, procurement, and transplantation process; and (4) to support and promote the donation and procurement of organs and tissues for transplantation, therapy, research and education.
What it reported doing in 2024
To support and promote the donation and procurement of organs and tissues for transplantation, therapy, research and education, specifically, but without limiting the foregoing, to support the tax-exempt purposes, programs and services of organ procurement organizations recognized by the internal revenue service as tax-exempt under internal revenue code section 501(c)(3).
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 82% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 70% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 71
- Accountability: 69
- Sustainability: 63
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 89.1%; rating input score 89
- Fundraising efficiency: $16.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.44; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 16.4%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 13.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 37.9% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 89.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $324K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $781K · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.