World Against Toys Causing Harm Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223077010
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Needham, MA, USA
Phone
6174541088
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Consumer Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$52,599
Expenses
$37,264
Assets
$685,305
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOAN E SIFF ESQ (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • JOAN E SIFF ESQ (PRESIDENT/TREASURER)
  • JAMES A SWARTZ ESQ (CLERK/DIRECTOR)
  • DANIA ALI-AHMAD MANSOUR MD (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

World against toys causing harm, inc. ("w.a.t.c.h.") is a nonprofit organization dedicated to children's causes. Through education, informational programs, printed materials, audio/video presentations and research (particularly into the etiology of injuries to children and to the dangers presented to children by ordinary and by hazardous products, including playthings), w.a.t.c.h. Seeks to reduce injuries to children. While informing the public about hazardous toys, children's products and other hazards associated with certain recreational activities, w.a.t.c.h. Is committed to raising awareness about unsafe children's products. W.a.t.c.h. Continues to work to prevent unnecessary injuries and deaths through research and education.

What it reported doing in 2025

W.a.t.c.h. Raises awareness and informs the public about child safety issues through written materials, speeches, workshops, interviews, and presentations geared toward consumers, parent groups, schools and other organizations (some examples over the years include franciscan children's, parenting for connection, teen summer expo, the jai institute for parenting, boston university, qcap head start).w.a.t.c.h. Representatives discussed toy safety issues in forums geared toward providing safety information to families, caregivers and educators. The bi-annual conferences (the fall "toy safety conference and the spring "summer safety conference") have generated extensive national press and media coverage, successfully sharing safety information with the public, including outlets such as cbs, abc, nbc, fox, cw, and premiere network. For example, in 2025 safety information from safety conferences generated more than 232 million media impressions, reaching a broad public audience across online, television and radio. Multiple media outlets disseminated information relating to w.a.t.c.h.'s "10 worst toys and "summer safety traps including yahoo! News, which helped extend public exposure through approximately 55.5 million online impressions.w.a.t.c.h. 's '10 worst toys' list was shared recently via interviews and other media reports on various outlets including reuters daybook, good morning west Tennessee wbbj, wbbmam chicago, il , boston 25 news, wwjam detroit, newsbreak, wsbam atlanta, knxam los angeles, ca, wbbmam chicago, il, mix 104's new england lifestyles with mike mullaney. A selection of coverage links is below: reuters daybook (41,100,000 online impr4eswsions) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1l2xwiasqtuy7zkybsy-m2wmanukaajit/edit? Usp=sharing&ouid=107451750738165381997&rtpof=true&sd=truewbbmam chicago, il (346,700 listeners) https://iqmediacorp.com/externaliframemedia? Mediaid=ad43a1fe-281c-43d6-b347-685bc0785161&isrm=false&rawmediatype=radioboston25news.com (1,160,000 online impressions) https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/watch-reveals-2025-10-worst-toys-list-hidden-hazards-holiday-shoppers/5tso64fe5rgqzhrhuaejy3jvva/yahoo! News (55,500,00 online impr4essions) https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/w-t-c-h-reveals-xxx-xx-xxxx.html? Fr=sycsrp_catchallwusa9.com (1,785,000 online impressions)https://www.wusa9.com/video/life/holidays/thankful/holiday-shopping-is-ramping-up-here-are-some-of-the-dangers-with-some-toys/65-5b573071-0661-489b-810d-27dbf91c01f8good day atlanta fox news (27,120 viewers) https://iqmediacorp.com/externaliframemedia? Mediaid=4d6718d2-5683-4d40-975a-fe14cc650c5c&isrm=false&rawmediatype=tvmsn (110,200,000 unique viewer impressions) https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/article/safety-traps-to-avoid-this-summer/vi-aa1hp2hfyear-round newspaper, radio, podcast and television interviews are another way w.a.t.c.h. Helps keep the public informed about safety information relevant to toys and children's products. For instance, w.a.t.c.h. Representatives have been guest speakers for popular family advice podcasts such as 'parenting our future: summer safety myths & traps with robbin mcmanne and 'the safest family on the block with jason brick.w.a.t.c.h.'s efforts in protecting children has been chronicled by many national and local media outlets including the dailymailtv, wcvb online (news), the doctors, megyn kelly today, fox & friends, larry king live, dateline, good morning america, the today show, 60 minutes, cnn news, the Washington times, la times, boston herald, the philadelphia inquirer, and USA today. Media articles and appearances have disseminated important safety information to a wide audience (i.e. More than an estimated one million viewers were reached as a result of appearances on the doctors and megyn kelly live today). Additionally, w.a.t.c.h. Keeps the public apprised of timely safety issues by compiling and publishing written materials (i.e. Information on products, recalls, injuries) and by sharing

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 74% 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

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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 83
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.1%; rating input score 52
  • Program expense ratio: 49.2%; rating input score 49
  • Fundraising efficiency: $203.73 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 29.2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 18.39; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -13.5% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.1% of revenue deployed · 49.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $18K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.