The Vulver Pain Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 561802480
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Graham, NC, USA
- Phone
- 3362260704
- Rating
- 87
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $53,571
- Expenses
- $94,486
- Assets
- $198,644
- Liabilities
- $11,854
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JOANNE YOUNT (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JOANNE YOUNT (EXECUTIVE DI)
- JOANNE YOUNT (PRESIDENT)
- JOHN EDWARDS (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 vp foundation's primary exempt purpose is to reach people who suffer from a connective tissue syndrome that includes genital (vulvar) pain, interstitial cyctitis, fibromyalgia, and irritable bowel; and to help them get out of pain safely through scientific research. To acomplish its purpose, the vp foundation sponsors research and produces educational resources on treatments and recovery. The primary resources are twice-yearly issues of the vp foundation newsletter, updated editions of the low oxalate cookbook, and a popular web site (www.thevpfoundation.org). The vp foundation also coordinates a network of support for its members. It is manned by volunteers who recovered from long-standing pain through a large research study (3,700 participants) sponsored by the vp foundation (1992-2007).
What it reported doing in 2024
Its purpose is to support members as they struggle with a connective tissue disorder and facilatate research related to this diseases.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 66% 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.
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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 100
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -76.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 41.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.7% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $94K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 9/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.