The Aslan Project Inc

What it reported doing in 2024

The aslan project is a Washington, dc-based nonprofit organization that promotes access to pediatric cancer care and treatment in low-resource settings. We collaborate with national governments, major hospitals, academic institutions, and local non-governmental organizations ("ngos") to train local health professionals to recognize, diagnose, and treat pediatric cancers and to provide family and psychosocial services that address the root causes of treatment abandonment.continues on schedule osince 2012, we have spearheaded the development of a comprehensive pediatric cancer health system in ethiopia. At the time, the country had no dedicated unit to treat children with cancer, no physicians formally training in pediatric hematology-oncology ("pho"), no pediatric oncology nurses or oncology pharmacists, and negligible survival rates.to address this critical need, we piloted our first program at tikur anbessa specialized hospital (tash) in addis ababa. Over the next several years, the program achieved significant milestones, including the first dedicated pediatric cancer unit in ethiopia's history; ethiopia's first pho fellowship program; expert training in pediatric oncology nursing and oncology pharmacy; and partnerships with a local NGO, tapcco, to provide free housing, counseling, transportation, and other supports so that pediatric cancer patients are enabled to complete their regimens and they and their families can thrive during their treatment journeys.in 2015, we exported this model successfully to jimma university medical center (jumc) insouthwestern ethiopia, sponsoring an inaugural workshop in collaboration with the federal ministry of health (fmoh), the world health organization (who), and the international society of paediatric oncology (siop).in 2019, we signed an agreement with the fmoh to launch national trainings in pho and pediatric oncology nursing and to introduce initiatives to improve standards of care throughout the country. In the following two years, we instituted a new pho fellowship program at tash, offered our ethiopian partners significant exposures to international conferences and networks, and introduced international collaborators to amplify our faculty's areas of expertise and bandwidth. We also added three new pediatric cancer programs to our national network: at gondar university specialized hospital (gush) in northern ethiopia and st. Paul millennium medical college hospital (spmmch) in addis ababa, and ayder comprehensive specialized hospital (acsh) in mekelle.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 82.3%; rating input score 82
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Pass
• Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 73.8%; rating input score 74; 47th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Pass
  • 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: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -69.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings