American College of Radiology

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
362261602
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Reston, VA, United States
Phone
703.648.8900
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,352,754
Expenses
$125,125,341
Assets
$295,111,405
Liabilities
$85,609,142

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

Leadership & pay

49 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHNSON BENJAMIN LIGHTFOOTE MD FACR (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CATHERINE J EVERETT MD MBA FACR (VICE PRESIDENT (THRU 05/2025))
  • PAMELA KAREN WOODARD MD FACR (PRESIDENT (THRU 05/2025))
  • TIMOTHY L SWAN MD FACR (PRESIDENT)
  • WILLIAM T THORWARTH MD (CEO (THRU 9/2024))
  • DANA H SMETHERMAN MD (CEO (AS OF 07/2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • WILLIAM T THORWARTH MD (CEO (THRU 9/2024)): $720,187 total reported compensation
  • ETTA PISANO MD (CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER): $622,380 total reported compensation
  • MYTHREYI CHATFIELD (EVP - QUALITY & SAFETY): $595,331 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 college is organized to advance the science of radiology, improve the quality of patient care, positively influence the socioeconomics of the practice of radiology, provide continuing education for radiology and allied health professionals, and conduct research for the future of radiology. Explore our mission of advancing health policy research and radiology leadership, plus ways to support us. Learn more The American College of Radiology Foundation logo, an indigo R inside a lime green square. With more than 40,000 members and 54 chapters, ACR supports superior collaborative results through advocacy, quality standards, research and education. Advocating for the Radiology Profession Find out how we advocate for radiology, ensuring your voice is heard by regulators and lawmakers in your statehouse and all the way to Capitol Hill.

What it reported doing in 2024

Research - acr conducts research of medical imaging spanning all aspects of diagnostic interventional and therapeutic radiology to include the clinical use of radiology procedures to detect and treat disease. Acr also conducts health policy research related to use and outcomes of radiologic imaging. Funding for research is provided by federal and non-federal sponsors through grants and contractual relationships. The details of the active research project portfolio acr vary over time. Over the past 3 years these projects involved clinical trials enrolling over 110,000 patients; and observational studies involving over 120,000 people. (continued on schedule o) the majority of research is focused on cancer, alzheimer's disease, and covid and results of research are typically reported in peer-reviewed journals. In addition, acr's efforts have led to fda approval of several imaging products and imaging platforms which have application to multiple diseases as well as the development of ai algorithms which are enhancing clinical practice.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 73% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and some related-organization disclosures are missing.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 67
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.7%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 97.5%; rating input score 97; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Scored; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.5%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.36; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 5.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.4% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site
  • Where the money goes: 69.7% of revenue deployed · 68.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 8 filed program accomplishments · $85.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $720K · 49 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.6M reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 37 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 15 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.