The Little Things Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204490168
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2015
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Ellicott City, MD, USA
- Phone
- 4432288584
- Rating
- 94
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Cancer
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $120,603
- Expenses
- $240,114
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- WENDY LETOW (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- WENDY LETOW (PRESIDENT)
- LAWRENCE LETOW (CHAIRMAN)
- DAVID OGDEN (VICE CHAIRMAN)
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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To improve the quality of life for cancer patients and their caregivers.
What it reported doing in 2015
Fund services for cancer patients and their caregivers for things such as, but not limited to: meals, transportation, copay and prescription assistance, complementary therapies, house cleaning, child care, entertainment, and utilities assistance. Included in these services is "zoe's day of beauty," which provides massage therapy, manicures and pedicures, and hair cuts to cancer patients and their caregivers at johns hopkins. In addition, yoga and chigong classes are offered for cancer patients and their caregivers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97%; rating input score 97
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: -99.1%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 84.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.9% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -24.3% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $233K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.