Acupuncturists Without Borders

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542190889
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Phone
6198479613
Rating
51
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Disaster Preparedness and Relief Services

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$513,288
Expenses
$334,005
Assets
$82,785
Liabilities
$151,402

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Beth Nugent (Acting President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Christine Cronin (Exec Dir): $53,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Acupuncturists Without Borders AWB provides immediate long-term disaster relief and recovery to communities impacted by disasters or human conflict. AWB utilizes trauma-informed care therapies such as acupuncture provided by full-trained licensed practitioners to reduce pain stress and trauma in impacted communities. AWB is committed to creating alliances with local community-based organizations and treating all who have been affected survivors first responders emergency personnel and other care providers.

What it reported doing in 2024

AWB Trauma-Informed Care Training program educates acupuncturists and health practitioners globally to offer trauma treatment to disaster survivors. Trained 300 professionals in trauma recovery disaster response and establishing trauma-informed care projects. Provided training in Europe Canada and the Middle East for professionals aiding refugees; supported midwife training in Mexico. Conducted webinars for healthcare providers delivering trauma care in vulnerable communities worldwide. Provided emergency online training to acupuncturists in the US who responded to major disasters in Florida North Carolina California and Texas.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - 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: 40
  • Transparency & Controls: 50
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.1%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 52.3%; rating input score 52
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.35 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 34.9%; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.83; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.9% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -38.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.1% of revenue deployed · 52.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $175K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $53K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 40 of 41 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 36/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.