The Crush Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680450777
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Cary, NC, USA
Phone
7079630611
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$959,414
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JULIE ALLEGRO (PRESIDENT)
  • JANE BROVELLI (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN BRAUN (DIRECTOR): $371,786 total reported compensation
  • NORM BOWLING (DIRECTOR): $242,590 total reported compensation
  • JEFFERSON PARKER (TREASURER): $186,772 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the crush foundation is to support the v foundation through fundraising activities. The v foundation is a charitable organization dedicated to saving lives by helping to find a cure for cancer. The foundation seeks to make a difference by generating broad-based support for cancer research by creating an urgent awareness among all americans of the importance of the war against cancer. The foundation performs these dual roles through advocacy, education, fundraising and philanthropy.

What it reported doing in 2016

Efforts supporting cancer research. The crush foundation has dissolved as of 8/12/2016 and transferred all assets to the v foundation for cancer research.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 3
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 89.5%; rating input score 89; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.7%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.8% per year; rating input score 0; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 17 of 19 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $959K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $372K · 21 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.