American Lung Association of the Northeast Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
060646594
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
East Hartford, CT, USA
Phone
8602895401
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Lung Disease

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,910,825
Expenses
$20,987,719
Assets
$30,578,821
Liabilities
$2,741,608

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

27 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFFREY SEYLER (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEFFREY SEYLER (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $260,824 total reported compensation
  • EMILY MURPHY (SVP DEVELOPMENT AND MARKET): $156,545 total reported compensation
  • ADAM SHUSTER (CFO): $146,925 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To save lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease.

What it reported doing in 2016

Lung cancer, asthma and other lung disease - provides asthma professional education to health care providers with the goal of raising the quality of care for children and adults that suffer from asthma. Community projects include work with hospitals, schools, and clinics aimed at creating systems change and sustainability of asthma care best practices. Provides education and assistance in the development, implementation and tracking of lung health education programs and community health services and provides resources on the prevention of other lung diseases such as copd, emphysema, tb, etc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 81% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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. 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: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 72
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.2%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 84.1%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $8.74 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • 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; 68th 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: 15.7%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.46; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.6% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.2% of revenue deployed · 84.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $17.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $261K · 27 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2009 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 48/100.