Arthritis Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581341679
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2020
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4048727100
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Health
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $70,127,435
- Expenses
- $70,096,049
- Assets
- $255,945,477
- Liabilities
- $36,761,749
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVEN TAYLOR (PRESIDENT & CEO)
- LEANNE GRECO (NORTHEAST REGION VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- STEVEN TAYLOR (PRESIDENT & CEO): $751,224 total reported compensation
- MICHAEL PRIVETTE (CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER): $383,355 total reported compensation
- SABRINA SEXTON (CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER): $358,059 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The arthritis foundation is the leading nonprofit organization dedicated to the fight against arthritis - the nation's #1 cause of disability. Through groundbreaking scientific research, patient-centered programs, advocacy at all levels of government and robust community engagement, the foundation empowers people to live their best lives while relentlessly pursuing a cure. With a presence in communities nationwide, we amplify the voices of those affected and work to drive lasting change. Learn more at arthritis.org.
What it reported doing in 2025
Public health education and advocacy: the foundation provides public health education and a strong advocacy program. Advocacy is one of the four pillars of the arthritis foundation. Our mission is to be the voice of people with arthritis with policy makers, elected officials, regulators, at all levels of government, and employers. We do this by engaging our community of advocates in legislative and regulatory policy making, helping them to find their voices through advocacy training, meetings with congressional representatives and state officials to ensure access to timely, affordable access to treatments and medications. Part of our advocacy program also includes the arthritis ambassador program to strengthen relationships with members of congress through advocacy training and relationship development. A new focus of the advocacy program is active engagement by our advocates in policymaking at the state level. In addition, the arthritis foundation is working to ensure that research funding for arthritis is increased and that there is recognition of the fact that this disease impacts one in four americans.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.
- 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 97
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
- Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.55 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 94.4%; rating input score 94; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- 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: 98.9%; rating input score 99; 44th 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; 65th 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: 0%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.65; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.14; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.5%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $53.4M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $751K · 30 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $5.9M reported
- Consistency: 42 of 43 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 49 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 34 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.