Association for Collaborative Spine Research

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

7 people listed

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

To sponsor, promote, support and oversee research relating to the function, care and treatment of the human spine.

To sponsor, promote, support and oversee research relating to the function,

Revenue model: No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 98% of its reported program spending out as grants.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Claims monitoring procedures: Fail
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: Limited
Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: Limited
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 87th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -150% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -79.7% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: 95.2% of spending went to programs
Governance: 1 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $504K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and grants
Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2017
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 8 of 8 not reported.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.