The My Gym - Challenged America Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 912172944
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Sherman Oaks, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8189076966
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Rehabilitative Medical Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $31,458
- Expenses
- $53,350
- Assets
- $34,212
- Liabilities
- $-41
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RANDY BERTISH (President)
People named in this filing
- JAMIE BERTISCH (Trustee)
- RANDY BERTISH (President)
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
Aiding Children with Handicaps
What it reported doing in 2024
Funds to contribute to the educational and charitable cause of children with disabilities. During the year, it made gifts to various children with disabilities.
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
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 47
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 6
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.2%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 37.3%; rating input score 37
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
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: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -69.6%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.64; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.1% per year; rating input score 0; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.2% of revenue deployed · 37.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 2 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 19/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is not authorized to operate as a charity in California.