American Lung Association of the Mid-atlantic

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251825116
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Camp Hill, PA, USA
Phone
7175415864
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Lung Disease

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,610,244
Expenses
$11,537,476
Assets
$6,574,991
Liabilities
$3,565,391

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • deborah p brown (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • deborah p brown (CEO): $168,995 total reported compensation
  • michael lebo (chief financial officer): $106,178 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To prevent lung disease and promote lung health in Delaware, West Virginia, New Jersey, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and the disctrict of columbia.

What it reported doing in 2015

Lung cancer, lung disease and asthma - the american lung association's work in the areas of lung cancer, lung disease and asthma in include: the launch of lung force, an initiative to make lung cancer a national priority, educate an empower patients, caregivers and healthcare providers and raise critical funds for lung cancer research. Digital resources were developed and improved to serve adults newly diagnosed with lung cancer. Our website, www.mylungcancersupport.org, offers support and tools for patients from day one. Our share your story campaign highlighted stories of hope and helped put a face on lung cancer. Our online screening tool www.lungcancerscreeningsaveslives.org, helps those at risk understand whether they are eligible for lung cancer ct screening, an important advance that will save lives. Our online cancer and lung disease support community www.connection.lung.org, helps patients get support from peers who are going through many of the same issues related to asthma, copd and lung cancer. Peer support improves quality of life for patients with chronic disease.our lung helpline served more than 150,000 callers, with answers, resources and support to lung health and smoking cessation questions.our asthma-friendly schools initiative provided tools and resources to assist local communities in planning and developing a comprehensive asthma management program within local schools. Our asfi champion awards recognized seven winning schools who have supported their students by creating asthma friendly learning environments.our asthma basics online course helped adults with asthma and their caregivers with information and tools to improve asthma management. .for copd awareness month, we hosted a nationwide public webinar helping copd patients connect with social support and resources, like our better breathers clubs and the lung connection community.nationwide, we provided lung health educational support to more than 200,000 people.

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 89% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 85.6%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: $10.94 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 69th 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: 8.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.54; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.4%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 85.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $9.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $169K · 22 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $800K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.