Me Fine Foundation FY2021 filing

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Durham, NC501(c)(3)Since 2004Health CareEIN 20-1819368Revenue $721K in FY2021

On file with the IRSmefine.org318 Blackwell St, 27701-2883 · Durham, NCTax-exempt since Sep 2005Publicly supported charity — 170(b)(1)(A)(vi)

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The Me Fine Foundation provides financial assistance and emotional support to families of critically ill children being treated locally

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
83¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$90K paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2021 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
Looks good: listed by the IRS and not on the revocation list.
IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
2 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $45K a year · 7% of revenue · last 6 filings
Worth a look: a surplus in 2 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
83%
of spending
Looks good: 83% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$90K
to officers and key staff · 15% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 15% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 7.6 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
7
named funders · $102K
Looks good: 7 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$54K
6% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 6% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
18
of 18 voting members
Looks good: 18 of 18 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$721K
-22% vs prior year
Spent
$600K
To programs
83%
Net assets
$869K
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$721K
FY2021▼ -22%
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$928K
FY2021$721K
FY2022$583K
FY2023$694K
FY2024$542K
FY2025$571K
Expenses
$600K
FY2021▲ +39%
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$432K
FY2021$600K
FY2022$686K
FY2023$700K
FY2024$684K
FY2025$668K
Net assets
$869K
FY2021▲ +19%
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$728K
FY2021$869K
FY2022$701K
FY2023$709K
FY2024$579K
FY2025$487K

From the FY2021 Form 990 · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Sep 2005.

IRS Pub. 78 · IRS Auto-Revocation List · IRS Business Master File

Where the money goes

83 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 83% · $498K Management & general 8% · $46K Fundraising 9% · $57K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

19 people listed on the 990; $90K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
Executive Director
$89,560Pt VII · Sec A
Vice President
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Fin Chairtreasurer
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Development Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Events Cochair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Events Cochair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Programs Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A

Joseph Powell’s $102K as Executive Director is at the 81st percentile of top reported officer pay among 1979 $100K–1M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
Joseph Powell$101,630$100,342$95,281$92,868$89,560$76,896

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2Yes
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Helps families of critically ill children with financial aid and emotional support.

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1 program · $498K · in their own filed words · FY2021
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Programs benefited nearly 1,298 people including 1,000 patients and siblings whose families received financial assistance and over x additional patients who were served by the Foundation's emotional support programs while in a hospital setting.

$498Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

Grants

Schedule I · funders on record
Grants received · FY2024
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By the numbers

The FY2021 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$721K
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$495K
Other incomeLn 4–11$223K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Money outPt IX
$600K
Ln 25
Programscol B$498K
Managementcol C$46K
Fundraisingcol D$57K
Owns and owesPt X
$869K
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$380K
Total assetsLn 16$923K
LiabilitiesLn 26$54K
PeoplePt VI, VII
19
listed · VII A
PaidVII A1
Voting boardVI 1a18
IndependentVI 1b18
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$495K
Government grantsLn 1e$66K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$249K
Investment incomeLn 3$3K
Other incomeLn 4–11$223K
Total revenueLn 12$721K
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$168K
SavingsLn 2$213K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$380K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$365K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$115K
Total assetsLn 16$923K
LiabilitiesLn 26$54K
Net assetsLn 32$869K
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 54
VolunteersI 635
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13No
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY21End FY21
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$573K$380K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$41K$365K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$128K$115K
Total assetsLn 16$797K$923K
LiabilitiesLn 26$69K$54K
Net assetsLn 32$728K$869K
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$90K$45K$22K$22K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$109K$92K$11K$6K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$5K$4K$910$672
Other employee benefitsLn 9$11K$8K$2K$1K
Payroll taxesLn 10$15K$11K$3K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$9K$6K$941$3K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$13K$8K$1K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$8K$5K$848$3K
Office expensesLn 13$4K$2K$370$1K
OccupancyLn 16$19K$11K$2K$6K
TravelLn 17$3K$2K$296$889
InterestLn 20$2K$1K$183$550
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$13K$8K$1K$4K
InsuranceLn 23$7K$4K$741$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$292K$292K
Total functional expensesLn 25$600K$498K$46K$57K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $571K$668K−$97K$487K 990 PDF
FY2024 $542K$684K−$141K$579K 990 PDF
FY2023 $694K$700K−$6K$709K 990 PDF
FY2022 $583K$686K−$103K$701K 990 PDF
FY2021 Viewing $721K$600K$121K$869K 990 PDF
FY2020 $928K$432K$496K$728K 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2021 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $721,243 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $665,853$494,635
I-9 Program service revenue$0
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $1,265$3,207
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $260,773$223,401
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $927,891$721,243
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paid$0
I-14 Benefits paid to members$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $194,741$230,130
I-16a Professional fundraising fees$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $237,456$370,106
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $432,197$600,236
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $495,694$121,007
Part VI · Governance 18 of 18 board members independent, 2 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body18
VI-1b Independent voting members18
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $721,243 across 8 lines filed
Lines not itemized here account for $119,423 of total revenue; see the IRS return.
VIII-1e Government grants$66,073
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$428,562
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$249,142
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$494,635
VIII-3 Investment incomeRelated to mission $3,207$3,207
VIII-6 Net rental income or lossUnrelated business $4,725$4,725
VIII-8 Net income from fundraising events$99,253
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $3,207 · Unrelated business $4,725$721,243
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $600,236 across 15 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $44,780 · Management $22,390 · Fundraising $22,390$89,560
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $91,981 · Management $10,529 · Fundraising $6,375$108,885
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $3,509 · Management $910 · Fundraising $672$5,091
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $8,226 · Management $1,541 · Fundraising $1,330$11,097
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $10,680 · Management $2,571 · Fundraising $2,246$15,497
IX-11c Accounting feesPrograms $5,646 · Management $941 · Fundraising $2,823$9,410
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $7,631 · Management $1,272 · Fundraising $3,816$12,719
IX-12 Advertising and promotionPrograms $5,087 · Management $848 · Fundraising $2,544$8,479
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $2,219 · Management $370 · Fundraising $1,110$3,699
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $11,253 · Management $1,876 · Fundraising $5,627$18,756
IX-17 TravelPrograms $1,778 · Management $296 · Fundraising $889$2,963
IX-20 InterestPrograms $1,100 · Management $183 · Fundraising $550$1,833
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $8,000 · Management $1,333 · Fundraising $4,000$13,333
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $4,448 · Management $741 · Fundraising $2,224$7,413
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $291,501$291,501
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $497,839 · Management $45,801 · Fundraising $56,596$600,236
Part X · Balance sheet $922,683 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $162,310$167,815
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $410,759$212,602
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $11,000$16,000
X-4 Accounts receivable$1,276
X-8 Inventories for sale or useStart of year $36,630$29,596
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $6,813$15,719
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $128,116$115,065
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $41,479$364,610
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $797,107$922,683
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $12,191$9,214
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $541$785
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $69,139$53,569
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $669,395$808,729
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $58,573$60,385
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $727,968$869,114
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $797,107$922,683
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $869,114 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$721,243
XI-2 Total expenses$600,236
XI-3 Revenue less expenses$121,007
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$727,968
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$20,136
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$3
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$869,114

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