American College of Emergency Physicians Georgia Chapter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237328431
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Norcross, GA, USA
Phone
7706130932
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$297,211
Expenses
$306,497
Assets
$804,148
Liabilities
$11,810

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHAMIE DAS MD (PRESIDENT)
  • BENJAMIN LEFKOVE MD FACEP (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • BRETT CANNON (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • SHAMIE DAS MD (PRESIDENT)
  • BENJAMIN LEFKOVE MD FACEP (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • MARK GRIFFITHS (TREASURER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The american college of emergency physicians Georgia chapter, or the Georgia college of emergency physicians (gcep), is a medical specialty society that was formed to improve emergency care by setting high standards for emergency medical education and practice. Gcep is an association of more than 750 emergency medicine physicians. Gcep promotes the highest standards of patient care throughout the state of Georgia through its advocacy and leadership efforts.

What it reported doing in 2025

The gcep hosts various meetings throughout the year. Quarterly meetings are held for board members and leadership to assist with management and planning for the organization. Gcep holds a leadership meeting to provide leadership education, discuss legislative priorities in Georgia, and motivated leaders to improve emergency care in the state of Georgia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 63% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.1%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.62; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.