Adhd Aware
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 263353102
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990 2011, Form 990-EZ 2012, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Doylestown, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2153480550
- Rating
- 93
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Mental Health Disorders
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $153,326
- Expenses
- $305,449
- Assets
- $57,543
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Run by and for people with ADHD, our purpose is to empower children, adults and families affected by ADHD, educate those who impact us, and enlighten all people as to the courage and competence of our singular community. A 501c3 nonprofit, ADHD Aware was founded with the conviction that our needs are unique, substantial, and worthy of attention. We provide dynamic programming responsive to the diverse populations affected by ADHD and, through outreach and direct engagement, seek to increase public and professional understanding regarding the diagnosis and effective treatment for ADHD and to decrease social stigmas associated with it.
What it reported doing in 2012
The National ADHD Youth Leadership Summit was held on July 7, 2012. It is an annual leadership conference created for children and teens with ADHD where families affected by the condition can meet, share experiences and learn from one another, as well as expert medical professionals, about the condition. The Summit also seeks to address the lack of direct services for children affected by ADHD and specifically the lack of opportunities for these children to nurture their self-esteem, develop leadership skills, and celebrate the uniqueness and diversity of our community. Finally, we intend to create systemic societal change through media coverage of the Summit by decreasing the social stigma associated with ADHD, in particular, and stigmas associated with mental illness, in general. The daylong conference for children ages 8-18 which offered workshops on subjects from school to social skills and place special emphasis on leadership and empowerment. It will also provide an opportunity to explore through education and supportive play the means to improve our children's self-esteem and learn more about ADHD. Co-sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania's Adult ADHD Treatment & Research Program and Center for Cognitive Therapy and housed on their historic campus, the summit featured successful speakers and mentors affected by ADHD, and impressed upon our boys and girls their unique potential and power while providing tools for their own activism and empowerment. Speakers included Dr. Anthony Rostain, Dr. Patricia Quinn and other noted luminaries from the field, including Drs. Littman and Ramsey.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 95
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 5
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 86.6%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -99.2%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: 49.5% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 28.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 86.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 7 filed program accomplishments · $264K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $85K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2012
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.