Memphis Lung Physicians Foundation Inc

Overview

Mission

Memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. Provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age. Memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. Specializes in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine.

What it reported doing in 2023

Memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. Provides quality medical health care regardless of race, creed, sex, national origin, handicap, or age. Memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. Specializes in pulmonary, critical care and sleep medicine. In addition to critical care, we focus on the diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory distress, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cystic fibrosis, lung cancer, obstructive sleep apnea and other pulmonary diseases and conditions. Although reimbursement for services is critical to the operation and stability of memphis lung physicians foundation, inc., it is recognized that not all individuals possess the ability to purchase health care services and health care education. Therefore, in keeping with its commitment to serve all members of its community, memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. Provides the following: - free care and/or subsidized care where the need and/or an individual's inability to pay coexist, - care provided to persons covered by governmental programs at below cost, and - health activities and programs to support the community. Memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. Has had a long history of working with baptist memorial health care corporation and related entities. Memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. Has played a major role in developing nationally recognized intensive care services at the baptist memorial hospitals and developing sleep medicine services that are offered by the hospitals. Physicians at memphis lung physicians foundation, inc. Have worked to improve the outcomes of patients in the baptist memorial hospitals' intensive care units by decreasing hospital acquired infections common to intensive care patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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.

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452832975
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9017675864
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Ambulatory Health Center, Community Clinic

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$16,993,063
Expenses
$23,152,035
Assets
$7,774,939
Liabilities
$41,835,381

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 28
  • Sustainability: 4
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 93.9%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -36.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 5.38; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.9% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.3M · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 12 annual filings from 2012 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 68 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • GREGORY M DUCKETT (SECRETARY): $1,346,501 total reported compensation
  • GARY C ANDERSON (DIRECTOR (THRU 12/23)): $1,300,745 total reported compensation
  • MARK E SWANSON MD (DIRECTOR): $1,220,645 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023.