American Urological Association Inc

What it reported doing in 2025

The governance, advocacy and policy division is comprised of multiple departments spanning the aua, inc. And the auaer. The governance department of the aua sits within auaer and provides services to all committees, boards, and editorial panels of the aua, auaer, and ucf. These services are provided by the committee and society affairs (csa) team and, in 2025, csa appointed over 600 physician volunteers. Csa also is responsible for maintaining bidirectional communication with aua's eight sections and serves as the liaison with subspecialty and other medical specialty societies. In 2025, csa successfully conducted searches for and executed the appointments process for the aua secretary-elect, auaer education committee chair, auaer research committee chair, and auaer science & quality council chair, and filled auapac board vacancies. Csa also manages the awards and physician recognition programs and in 2025 led the selection of all aua awards presented at the 2025 annual meeting. The governance department of the aua also includes the legal team, which represents and provides counsel to the aua and its affiliated entities in all legal matters, maintains the entities' bylaws and manages the bylaws committee, and manages and provides legal guidance to the judicial and ethics committee. Key accomplishments in 2025 include reviewing and facilitating the execution of 297 contracts, holding quarterly lunch and learn programs to provide legal guidance on issues of importance including protection of intellectual property and how to use trademarks, and updating the standard operating procedures of the judicial and ethics committee. The policy and advocacy departments of the aua, inc. Are responsible for establishing national urologic health policy and promoting the critical interests of aua members and their patients to federal and state legislatures and regulatory agencies. Policy development, lobbying, and advocacy activities are dedicated to improving the practice of urology and urological health. The policy and advocacy departments of the gap division include federal advocacy, state advocacy, patient advocacy, research advocacy and appropriations, urology technology and telehealth, and physician payment & reimbursement. Key accomplishments in 2025 include planning and executing the 9th annual urology advocacy summit with record-breaking attendance and fundraising for the auapac, successfully advocating for the removal of the black box warning from vaginal estrogen products, drafting compromise language leading to the introduction of the state of men's health act in the u.s. House of representatives, securing the reimbursement value of 29 urology codes under the 2026 medicare physician fee schedule, and raising over $350,000 through implementation of a new consultative services business model.

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 7th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
  • Compensation committee: Missing
  • Independent consultant: Missing
  • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
  • Written employment contract: Missing
  • Compensation survey or study: Missing
  • Board or committee approval: Missing
• Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
• Grant itemization coverage: 99.9%; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
• Major donor itemization: Limited
• Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

• Independent voting board: 61.5%; rating input score 62; 9th percentile among comparable filings
• Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
  • Whistleblower policy: Pass
  • Document-retention policy: Pass
  • CEO compensation review process: Fail
  • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Pass
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 21.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.8; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.56; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 14.2%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: Limited
• Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings