Tester Construction Gives Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
883216384
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Bala Cynwyd, PA, USA
Phone
2672840042
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$285,398
Expenses
$261,467
Assets
$25,937
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MICHAEL TESTER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL TESTER (PRESIDENT)
  • KRISTEN TESTER (SECRETARY)
  • MARISSA TESTER (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Tcgives was born in memory of kathleen k. Schoemaker who lost her battle to pancreatic cancer in 2006. Tcgives will raise money to promote progress in the diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer in honor of kathleen. Every year, more than 66,440 americans are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, the third-leading cause of cancer death in the country. Through fundraising efforts tcgives, in partnership with jefferson's sidney kimmel cancer center, want to give the gift of hope to patients and families met with a diagnosis of pancreatic cancer.

What it reported doing in 2025

We are, and continue to be, overwhelmed by dr. Yeo's teams dedication to their patients, their focus on improving their patients quality of life, and their commitment to finding a cure to pancreatic cancer. Tcg gives has partnered with dr. Yeo's team and jefferson's sidney kimmel cancer center that we may advance treatment options for those diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. This initiative seeks to identify biomarkers in early stage tumors, which can in turn inform tumor-specific treatment and potentially predict drug response and disease recurrence. Biomarker testing is not covered under insurance and relies completely on donations from organizations like tcg gives. This research will advance pancreatic cancer treatment and improve survival rates, ultimately providing the biggest gift to those faced with pancreatic cancer: hope. Jefferson has the top pancreatic surgical and research team in the country, led by dr. Charles yeo. Tcg gives proceeds will go directly to dr. Yeo's molecular profiling initiative. One of the goals of jeffersons' research is to profile each patient's tumor. As described by dr. Yeo. "by profiling each patient's tumor, we can better target their specific cancer. This is the direction of modern, personalized oncologic care, not to mention advances our research". There is limited funding from nih and the american cancer society and therefor jefferson's research team relies on philanthropy to continue to create forward movement in treating this disease.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 79% 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. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 18
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.6%; rating input score 89
  • Program expense ratio: 96.8%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.1; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 44.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.6% of revenue deployed · 96.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $253K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.