The Robert T Freedman Dental Society Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262348351
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2010
Forms available
Form 990 2010
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022990404
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$350,842
Expenses
$311,073
Assets
$380,823
Liabilities
$132,584

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2010. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The robert t. Freeman dental society foundation (rtfdsf) is a community service component of the robert t. Freeman dental society, a chapter of the national dental association (nda). Its mission is to provide solutions to the growing dental health crisis affecting underprivileged children and their parents by eliminating the epidemic of tooth decay through increased access to community health education and dental care.

What it reported doing in 2010

Forty-seven (47) dentist volunteers, "dentists in action" participated in the program in 2010 and donated a total of 234.5 hours. 24 student volunteers donated 52 hours of community service. Two of those 24 students assisted with a health fair at the sanctuary at kingdomsquare, capitol heights, md. Dental screenings and referrals wereconducted and students were triaged into three categories: a) thosewith "immediate/urgent needs"; b) those needing "attention soon"; andc) those needing "routine/preventive care". Children requiring urgentcare were referred immediately to the neighborhood "dentists inaction". School nurses, parent teacher liaisons and deamonte driverdental project staff were responsible for contacting and followingup with parents and guardians for "immediate need" children. 745children were seen and 785 screenings were conducted (some childrenwere seen twice), 68 of the children seen required urgent care. Duringthe second year of operation, the goal is to remove all barriers tocare; and to continue to increase awareness and promote prevention.the van has been on display and has seen patients and severalcommunity activities including, the pgcps nurse's in-service training,"deamonte driver dental project", northwestern high school, hyattsville, md (jan. 25, 2010) and the "deamonte driver dentalproject" presentation at holy comforter episcopal church inwashington, dc, (october 16, 2010).

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 74% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 7th 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: 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.3%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.22; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.35; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $264K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 21 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.