Up ENDing Parkinsons
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 882167648
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Marshall, VA, USA
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nerve, Muscle and Bone Diseases
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $93,933
- Expenses
- $47,332
- Assets
- $60,896
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Molly Cupka (President and Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Molly Cupka (President and Executive Director)
- Teresa Jackson (Director)
- William Lynch (Treasurer and 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Expand the availability of sites where people with Parkinsons can climb and increase awareness among healthcare professionals and Parkinsons Disease patients as well as study the benefits of rock climbing on those living with Parkinsons Disease
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization developed and promoted climbing at Sportrock Climbing Centers in Sterling Virginia Alexandria Virginia and Gaithersburg Maryland. It currently has over 200 members and provides 11 free climbing sessions per week for individuals living with Parkinsons Disease.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 19.9%; rating input score 20
- Program expense ratio: 39.5%; rating input score 40
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 49.6%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.29; rating input score 53; 53rd 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: 83.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 106% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 110.4% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 19.9% of revenue deployed · 39.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $19K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 20/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.