The Dnm1l Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 992006063
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Needham, MA, USA
- Phone
- 5122224103
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specifically Named Diseases Research
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $45,986
- Expenses
- $37,157
- Assets
- $25,438
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ACHAI BRONER (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ACHAI BRONER (PRESIDENT)
- MICHAEL WANGLER (DIRECTOR)
- JAANA COOGAN (DIRECTOR)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Funding research, education, and support for gene disorder.
What it reported doing in 2025
The dnm1l foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals and families affected by dnm1l genetic variations. Through research, education, and support, we aim to make a positive and impactiful difference.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 83
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 93.6%; rating input score 94
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 19.2%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 38; 38th 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: -48.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -50.7% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 42% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 93.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.