The Sunshine Circle

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
426061045
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Dubuque, IA, USA
Phone
5635821881
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,039
Expenses
$57,983
Assets
$132,052
Liabilities
$7,555

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAN FRIEDMAN (CO-VICE PRESIDENT/FACILITIES MANAGE)
  • TERESA FITZJERRELS (PRESIDENT/CO-FINANCIAL MANAGER)
  • MARGIE GREVAS (CO-VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LINDA NUDD (PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LANA ARNOLD (CO-FACILITIES MANAGER)
  • DANA BOLEYN (CO-FINANCIAL MANAGER)
  • BARB DIECK (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The objects and purposes of this corporation shall be to serve patients of the finley hospital, dubuque, Iowa, provide financial assistance for those in need, purchase hospital equipment, and to engage in such other work of a charitable and benevolent character as may be determined by the members.

What it reported doing in 2024

The sunshine circle financially strengthened the hospital by providing supplies and/or equipment to the finley hospital to be used for the benefit of staff or to comfort patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 92% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 82.6%; rating input score 83

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -122.7%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.28; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 82.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $48K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.