The Sam Bish Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273501579
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Reynoldsburg, OH, USA
- Phone
- 6145611848
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Patient Services - Entertainment, Recreation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $-4,930
- Expenses
- $84,737
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- CINDY BISH (MANAGING DIR)
- MICHAEL BISH (DIRECTOR)
- CORTNEY HODGES (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To educate the general public by spreading awareness about pediatric cancer and its effects on the children and families suffering through it; provide emotional, educational and financial support for families dealing with pediatric cancer, provide experiences and fulfill wishes of children diagnosed with pediatric cancer; provide other services as needed for families and children diagnosed with pediatric cancer.
What it reported doing in 2025
Donations to other pediatric cancer foundations
Operating model
- Revenue model
- No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 8
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 98%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1,818.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $83K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- 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 1/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.