The Foundation for Faces of Children
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010422021
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- Brookline, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6173558299
- Rating
- 68
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $75,163
- Expenses
- $72,840
- Assets
- $561,320
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ann Marie Rogers (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Emily Rogers (Communications Manager): $16,106 total reported compensation
- Maggie Heneghan (Social Media Coordinator): $1,470 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Foundation for Faces of Children is dedicated to improving the lives of children with craniofacial differences, including cleft lip, cleft palate, and other head and facial conditions. Our mission is to provide patients and families with the most accurate, up-to-date, and accessible information about facial differences, and to advocate for the best care possible for children with facial differences.
What it reported doing in 2024
Awarded six $5,000 scholarships to deserving high school students continuing on to college. The program was created in 1999 to benefit young adults with craniofacial conditions and are pursuing post-secondary education. There are specific criteria on which the scholarship awards are based and they are outlined in the application. The Jane C. McDaid Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded to the applicant that shows evidence of strong community service. This scholarship was named to honor FFC past president and board member, Jane McDaid. The Barbara Seltzer Memorial Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded solely to an applicant with cleft lip/palate who has been active in the arts or who will be pursuing a career in the arts. This scholarship was named to honor Prescription Parents co-founder Barbara Seltzer. The Dorothy MacDonald Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded to an applicant who will be pursuing a career in the health profession. This scholarship was named to honor Dorothy B. MacDonald, RN, who has dedicated her career to caring for children with craniofacial differences. The Dr. John B. Mulliken Scholarship: This scholarship will be awarded to an applicant who demonstrates excellence in academic scholarship and leadership. This scholarship was named to honor Dr. John B. Mulliken, founder of the Foundation for Faces of Children, who has devoted his life to working with and improving the lives of children born with craniofacial differences.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 62
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.7%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 48.5%; rating input score 48
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.11 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 70%; rating input score 70; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 3.1%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.71; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 24.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.7% of revenue deployed · 48.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $35K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $16K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 42 of 42 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.