American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation

What it reported doing in 2024

PUBLIC INFORMATION, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND LOBBYINGThe ANR Foundation seeks to educate the public about the health effects of secondhand smoke and the benefits of smokefree environments. These services are designed to build capacity and infrastructure within local communities and states in order to assist them with their smoking prevention efforts. We inform and educate tobacco control leaders, the media, educators, parents, and the general public about secondhand smoke issues through phone and e-mail contact, teleconferences, presentations and trainings, music media and music festivals, social media and dissemination of publications.Website: The ANR Foundation maintained a comprehensive website, which provided information and resources for smokefree air. The site features daily updates of smokefree news from around the globe, scientific studies demonstrating the dangers of secondhand smoke, tracking of tobacco industry interference, and analysis of tobacco control policies. Additionally, the site provided downloadable guides, toolkits, and model ordinances to assist people and communities in creating and implementing smokefree policies. We have 284,379 Views and 197,120 Active Users.Newsletter/Bulletins: ANRF provided content for newsletters, bulletins and similar communications. Content includes up-to-date information on trends in smokefree air, emerging scientific evidence on the health effects of secondhand smoke, national and international news, tobacco industry interference, smokefree legislation updates, and our analyses of tobacco control efforts. In cooperation with ANR, newsletters and bulletins were distributed nationally, electronically and by regular mail. In 2024, two printed newsletters were distributed to donors and prospective supportersnationally while a total of 3,299 were mailed.Emails sent: ANRF provides a daily news service email to supporters, a weekly research update, a monthly news bulletin, and provides alerts on policy activity nationally. Daily Secondhand Smoke & Related Tobacco Control topics and Weekly Research Reports = 65,790Policy Alerts = 30,012ebulletin, monthly e-news = 140,980236,782= total emails sentThe following were ANRF's achievements in 2024:62.7% of the population is now protected by 100% smokefree air policies covering workplaces, restaurants, and bars.2,587 Colleges and Universities are now protected by smokefree policies entire campus, both indoors and out. 2,167 of them are completely tobacco free and 2,259 prohibit the use of e-cigarettes anywhere on campus. 1,220 also prohibit hookah use, and 604 also prohibit smoking/vaping marijuana.4,172 Hospitals are protected by smokefree policies covering the entire campus, both indoors and out. In addition, at least 468 Nursing Facilities are protected by smokefree policies everywhere indoors. U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database: In 2024, the number of municipality records in the database increased to 6,019, representing 20,675 laws in total Staff analyzed 708 laws in 2024 that were new to the Database, and reanalyzed countless more laws to add or amend existing coverage. Smokefree Multi-unit Housing: 101 cities and counties have enacted municipallaws that regulate smoking in private units of multi-unit housing, of which 51jurisdictions meet the best practice standard of requiring all rented and owned multiunit residential properties with 2 or more units to be 100% smokefree indoors for all types of smoking and vaping. 84 of the jurisdictions require that the specified type of multi-unit housing they cover is required to be 100% smokefree indoors. All Public Housing Agencies are required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to have a 100% smokefree policy in place for all public housing properties as of July 31, 2018.Library Tobacco Database: Program staff collected and cataloged 195 new documents for inclusion in the organizations library and updated 185 existing documents. Of the 195 new records, 37 included r

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 81.7%; rating input score 82
• Program expense ratio: 78.7%; rating input score 79
• Fundraising efficiency: $13.41 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 2nd 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: 80.5%; rating input score 81; 22nd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: -3.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 7.7%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: -16.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings