The Seena Magowitz Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204751072
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
6025247636
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Public Foundations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$863,996
Expenses
$284,706
Assets
$2,604,285
Liabilities
$8,617

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROGER E MAGOWITZ (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ELIZABETH MCBETH (Secretary/COO)
  • ROGER E MAGOWITZ (PRESIDENT)
  • JEANNE M MAGOWITZ (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are Patient-Centric, providing a direct line to personalized care, support, and hope. Our Mission: Unite patients, survivors, and caregivers with medical rockstars at World Class Institutions so they can continue to survive and thrive. Our Vision: A world where Pancreatic Cancer is considered a chronic, treatable disease.

What it reported doing in 2024

Events and Fundraisers to support patients, caregivers, and survivors and to bring awareness to the pancreatic cancer community: - Power of Us, an annual, in-person pancreatic cancer conference. A multi-day event where top medical professionals, patients, survivors, and caregivers share the future of pancreatic cancer research, tips on coping and nutrition, clinical trial finders, and all information a patient would want in their journey. - Babbo's Day of Giving, an annual fundraising event, including a patients' dinner with top doctors and institutions to provide support for one another. - Steppin' Up Against Pancreatic Cancer walk where we count steps in support of the patients' journey. -Marquette Lacrosse Pancreatic Cancer Outreach Game where players are introduced to information on Pancreatic Cancer and invited to consider becoming a clinical researcher. It also includes a parent's breakfast to shine the lights on the importance of clinical research and announcements at the lacrosse game to spread community awareness.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 32
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 90
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.7%; rating input score 21
  • Program expense ratio: 47.7%; rating input score 48
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.61 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 67%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.15; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -31.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.7% of revenue deployed · 47.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $136K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 48/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.