Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires'disease

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
814716485
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022994415
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$747,000
Expenses
$663,488
Assets
$92,007
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAY CALKINS (PRESIDENT/SECRETARY)

Highest reported compensation

  • TONYA WINDERS (DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR): $177,192 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The alliance to prevent legionnaires' disease (apld) strives to reduce the occurrence of legionnaires' disease by promoting public research and education on the disease, and best practices and policy for its prevention focusing on water quality issues from source to tap.

What it reported doing in 2024

Apld has sought to educate the public on legionnaires' disease through the company's website. The website contains detailed, up-to-date information on the causes of the disease and available methods of prevention, including source water treatment, maintenance and improvement of public water distribution and building water systems, water equipment management, outbreak investigation, and research. The website also provides ongoing news coverage of reported cases of the disease as well as advocacy endeavors by apld and other activists. Apld has engaged with public officials and participated in academic, public health, and water industry conferences and meetings related to the disease. As part of these efforts, apld has contributed testimonials and presentations to various bodies including public agencies responsible for the environment, health care, and water quality, state legislators and staff, water system authorities and administrators, state executive leadership and advisors, open hearings on water quality and pathogens, facility owners and operators, hospitals and senior living facility operators, and others.in 2024, apld continued to raise awareness of the fact that 96% of all legionnaires' cases are defined as "individual and sporadic" (unassociated with outbreaks) and find root cause legislative solutions for water quality management. Apld pursued policies in various states including New Jersey, Maryland, Illinois, Pennsylvania and California that prioritize upstream water management as a primary line of defense against legionella. Thanks to the company's efforts, sb2188 was passed in New Jersey following eight years of advocacy. This bill will require owners and operators of specific buildings, facilities, and public water systems in New Jersey to adhere to new requirements aimed at preventing and controlling cases of the disease.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 96.9%; rating input score 97
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.2%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.14; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 26.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86% of revenue deployed · 96.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $643K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $177K · 9 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $130K reported
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.