The Marla Sue Golden Philanthropic Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
934281450
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Hewlett Harbor, NY, USA
Phone
5168505323
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Private Grantmaking Foundations

Reported finances

Revenue
$66,643
Expenses
$58,586
Assets
$42,233
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • FRANCINE BOGART (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • BRUCE GOLDEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • FRANCINE BOGART (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • SKYLER GOLDEN (CO-TREASURER)
  • CORY GOLDEN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization plans to render financial assistance and support to other charitable organizationsqualifying as exempt under section 501(c)(3) that promote the advancement of cancer research, diagnostics, and treatment, and/or that provide healthcare services to those who are in suffering.

What it reported doing in 2025

The purposes of the solicitations will be to raise funds that will be rendered to other charitable organizations that, based upon a researched and informed opinion of the organization's board of directors, are most likely to efficiently and effectively utilize the financial support to promote the advancement of cancer research, diagnostics, and treatment, and/or to provide healthcare services to those who are in suffering.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% 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. Some filed totals do not add up and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $56.33 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.1%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.72; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 79.9% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.