Simon's Heart
Protecting Hearts. Saving Lives.
Simon's Heart
EIN: 20-2771448
as of September 2023
as of September 18, 2023
Programs and results
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Our children get theirs eyes and ears checked in school. What about their hearts? Sudden cardiac arrest takes the lives of thousands of children every year. It is the #1 cause of death of student athletes. We raise awareness, provide free heart screenings and promote the availability of AEDs in an effort to prevent sudden cardiac arrest and death in children.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
Protect this Heart Screenings
Simon's Heart provides free heart screenings to students between the ages of 12 - 19 for the purpose of early detection of heart conditions that can lead to sudden death.
Got AED
Got AED is a crowdfunding site dedicated to placing AED devices where kids learn and play.
Flyers Overtime Challenge
Sudden death is a great way to decide a hockey game. It is a terrible way to lose a teammate. Every time the Philadelphia Flyers end a game with a sudden death period, we'll donate an AED device to a local youth facility.
HeartBytes
HeartBytes is a digital cardiac registry of seemingly healthy kids that provides qualified researchers with free access to data. The data is crowdsourced from organizations engaged in youth heart screenings. The data contains medical and family history, vitals, and ECG, and in some instances an echocardiogram.
AED Madness
Division I Male Basketball players are at the greatest risk of sudden cardiac arrest. During college basketball season, we visit the NCAA teams in Philadelphia, educate the fans during a timeout and select a youth facility that receives an AED device.
CPR Jukebox
Saving a life is serious. Learning how to do it doesn't have to be. The Jukebox teaches students how to perform chest compressions using music and balls.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Total dollars received in contributions
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Input - describing resources we use
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of media articles reflecting preferred issue framing
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Type of Metric
Context - describing the issue we work on
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of AEDs placed
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Got AED
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of youth hearts screened
This metric is no longer tracked.Totals By Year
Related Program
Protect this Heart Screenings
Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
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Results for calendar year
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Simon's Heart wishes to change the standard of care so that every child receives a heart screening.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
Simon's Heart will screen hearts to DETECT the conditions before they cause harm. It will PROTECT by providing AED devices and promoting CPR. It will continue to innovate by leveraging its national cardiac registry of seemingly healthy kids and its AED crowdfunding site.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
Simon's Heart possesses expertise in the subject matter and experience in marketing and operations. These assets make Simon's Heart very effective at raising awareness and providing life saving services.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
Simon's Heart has provided over 18,600 free heart screenings; 139 have discovered potentially-fatal heart conditions. We authored the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act, the first of its kind, which has now been passed in sixteen states. That act has educated over 1.8 million coaches.
Through our GotAED platform, we have placed over 300 AED devices where kids learn and play. We have spread the knowledge of CPR to thousands of youth through our CPR Jukebox.
We have produced PSAs with professional athletes and collegiate coaches to spread awareness of Sudden Cardiac Arrest.
Simon's Heart has a sports cardiology fellow and it has developed HeartBytes, a digital registry to gather data and provide it to researchers, free of charge.
Financials
Financial documents
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Liquidity in 2022 info
5.51
Months of cash in 2022 info
13.3
Fringe rate in 2022 info
13%
Funding sources info
Assets & liabilities info
Financial data
Simon's Heart
Balance sheetFiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
The balance sheet gives a snapshot of the financial health of an organization at a particular point in time. An organization's total assets should generally exceed its total liabilities, or it cannot survive long, but the types of assets and liabilities must also be considered. For instance, an organization's current assets (cash, receivables, securities, etc.) should be sufficient to cover its current liabilities (payables, deferred revenue, current year loan, and note payments). Otherwise, the organization may face solvency problems. On the other hand, an organization whose cash and equivalents greatly exceed its current liabilities might not be putting its money to best use.
Fiscal Year: Jul 01 - Jun 30
This snapshot of Simon's Heart’s financial trends applies Nonprofit Finance Fund® analysis to data hosted by GuideStar. While it highlights the data that matter most, remember that context is key – numbers only tell part of any story.
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Profitability info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Unrestricted surplus (deficit) before depreciation | -$1,623 | -$75,318 | $30,401 | $67,576 | $116,923 |
As % of expenses | -0.4% | -17.6% | 8.2% | 20.3% | 24.3% |
Unrestricted surplus (deficit) after depreciation | -$1,623 | -$75,318 | $30,401 | $67,576 | $116,923 |
As % of expenses | -0.4% | -17.6% | 8.2% | 20.3% | 24.3% |
Revenue composition info | |||||
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Total revenue (unrestricted & restricted) | $390,634 | $345,740 | $393,169 | $317,439 | $552,293 |
Total revenue, % change over prior year | 20.0% | -11.5% | 13.7% | -19.3% | 74.0% |
Program services revenue | 12.6% | 11.0% | 9.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Membership dues | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Investment income | 0.5% | 1.2% | 1.2% | 0.3% | 0.1% |
Government grants | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other grants and contributions | 87.0% | 87.7% | 89.8% | 91.4% | 99.9% |
Other revenue | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 8.3% | 0.0% |
Expense composition info | |||||
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Total expenses before depreciation | $394,833 | $427,107 | $372,847 | $332,959 | $481,957 |
Total expenses, % change over prior year | 22.9% | 8.2% | -12.7% | -10.7% | 44.7% |
Personnel | 37.6% | 38.6% | 41.4% | 53.6% | 37.7% |
Professional fees | 4.3% | 3.3% | 4.0% | 3.9% | 3.8% |
Occupancy | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Interest | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Pass-through | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
All other expenses | 58.1% | 58.1% | 54.6% | 42.5% | 58.4% |
Full cost components (estimated) info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Total expenses (after depreciation) | $394,833 | $427,107 | $372,847 | $332,959 | $481,957 |
One month of savings | $32,903 | $35,592 | $31,071 | $27,747 | $40,163 |
Debt principal payment | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Fixed asset additions | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Total full costs (estimated) | $427,736 | $462,699 | $403,918 | $360,706 | $522,120 |
Capital structure indicators
Liquidity info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Months of cash | 13.1 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 16.3 | 13.3 |
Months of cash and investments | 13.1 | 10.6 | 12.6 | 16.3 | 13.3 |
Months of estimated liquid unrestricted net assets | 6.8 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 8.8 | 9.0 |
Balance sheet composition info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Cash | $431,895 | $375,790 | $392,348 | $453,470 | $534,566 |
Investments | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Receivables | $6,747 | $10,130 | $10,307 | $11,000 | $10,000 |
Gross land, buildings, equipment (LBE) | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Accumulated depreciation (as a % of LBE) | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Liabilities (as a % of assets) | 7.8% | 13.8% | 12.0% | 13.9% | 17.1% |
Unrestricted net assets | $222,754 | $147,436 | $177,837 | $245,413 | $362,336 |
Temporarily restricted net assets | $199,447 | $193,398 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Permanently restricted net assets | $0 | $0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Total restricted net assets | $199,447 | $193,398 | $183,319 | $162,102 | $115,515 |
Total net assets | $422,201 | $340,834 | $361,156 | $407,515 | $477,851 |
Key data checks
Key data checks info | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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Material data errors | No | No | No | No | No |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Executive Director
Jenn Parrado
Number of employees
Source: IRS Form 990
Simon's Heart
Officers, directors, trustees, and key employeesSOURCE: IRS Form 990
Compensation data
There are no highest paid employees recorded for this organization.
Simon's Heart
Board of directorsas of 09/13/2023
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