Strive 4 Life Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463549552
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
- Location
- Overland Park, KS, USA
- Phone
- 9132060520
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Heart and Circulatory System Diseases, Disorders
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,125
- Expenses
- $42,982
- Assets
- $73,264
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HEATHER ALVAREZ (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JIM PASSANTINO (BOARD MEMBER)
- HEATHER ALVAREZ (PRESIDENT)
- KATIE BAKER (BOARD MEMBER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support activities that protect children and young adults from heart conditions that can impact their overall health, athletic performance or in some cases sudden death.
What it reported doing in 2024
Strive 4 life sponsors heart screenings for youth ages 8 to 18. This sponsorship includes working with the families in need with the goal to help provide financial assistance that helps offset the cost of testing. In order to extend participation to all families, we provide grants based on documented financial need-based guidelines. Strive 4 life is committed to serving people regardless of their ability to pay. During 2024 there were 1,502 kids tested that financial aid was made avalable to and 127 families were provided financial assistance. Additionally in 2024 there were 6 fully fundeed heart screening events and 29,405 was used for fully funded heart checks. Five of the six checks were done in conjuction with other non-profit organizations. Every child tested received blood pressure, ekg and echocardiogram with results provide to the parent/gardian, as well as the child's primary care doctor. Results were comprised by pediatric cardiologists contracting with the testing company, myheartcheck.
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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 74.5%; rating input score 74
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 24.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.7; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 32.9% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56% of revenue deployed · 74.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.