Arthritis Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 941212126
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2012
- Forms available
- Form 990 2012
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4153561230
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Health
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $670,837
- Expenses
- $705,370
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
33 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2012. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
A major activity of AF is to seek the causes, cure, and prevention of the various forms of arthritis with research projects at both the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Stanford, as well as contributing to nationwide research funding. Continued on Schedule O.It is committed to influencing public and private policy and decision making regarding research funding and access to care. It offers land and aquatic exercise programs, education and support groups, programs for children with juvenile arthritis, including a camp and a weekend retreat for teenagers. It provides information to the public in the form of brochures, newsletters, public forums, health fairs, speaker's bureau, an information and referral service and online information on the web.
What it reported doing in 2012
Center of Excellence (COE) for Arthritis Research: Investigators and clinicians will work to 1) understand how our immune systems and our genetic profiles affect disease progression in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 2) define the mechanisms by which RA worsens cardiovascular disease, 3) investigate the mechanisms of joint damage in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and RA, and 4) test whether a combination of small molecules with anti-inflammatory properties can affect osteoarthritis using a new imaging technique.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 75% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 13
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 74th 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; 64th 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: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 14.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -80.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -100% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 31 of 31 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $333K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $59K · 33 people listed
- Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2010 to 2012
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.