The Little Baby Face Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320024143
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2123335233
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Birth Defects and Genetic Diseases
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $701,584
- Expenses
- $471,521
- Assets
- $2,236,812
- Liabilities
- $14,330
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- THOMAS ROMO III MD (PRESIDENT)
- MATT CAIOLA (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- THOMAS ROMO III MD (PRESIDENT)
- MATT CAIOLA (VICE PRESIDENT)
- DONALD P MORIARTY (SECRETARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The little baby face foundation (the "foundation") is a New York 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization whose mission is to address the needs of children with facial deformities. (see schedule o for continuation).the foundation's primary focuses are corrective surgery for infants and children, support services for families, education for medical practitioners and the general public, and support for related medical research.physicians specifically trained in corrective facial surgery donate their time to the foundation to perform the needed procedures. The cost of surgical supplies and equipment, as well as living accommodations and meals for the patients and their families during the period of the surgery and recuperation are paid for by the foundation
What it reported doing in 2024
Corrective surgery for infants and children: support services for families: education for medical practitioners and the general public; and support for the related research.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% 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 available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 44
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 83
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 43%; rating input score 43
- Program expense ratio: 55.6%; rating input score 56
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 16; 16th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 32.8%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.74; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.4% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 43% of revenue deployed · 55.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $262K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $130K reported
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 16/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.