Association for the Advancement of Wound Care

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232825819
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-T 2023
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
7037328262
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,409
Expenses
$47,578
Assets
$125,196
Liabilities
$2,165

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KARA COUCH (PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW DAVIS (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • BARBARA BATES-JENSEN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • RUTH BRYANT (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)

People named in this filing

  • KARA COUCH (PRESIDENT)
  • MATTHEW DAVIS (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • MARCELA FARRER (SECRETARY)

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

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The association for the advancement of wound care's mission is to advance the care of people with and at risk for wounds.

What it reported doing in 2025

Aawc offered 10 virtual webinars on wound care specific topics with approximately 600 unique registrants. We did joint webinars with the international skin tears advisory panel, the society of vascular nursing and also created an equity and inclusion task force. Partnered with hmp on pad consensus document creation and participation of key opinion leaders. Displayed at sawc spring and fall, dfcon, and nawco heal conferences as exhibitors. Collaborated with the alliance of wound care stakeholders on skin sub and imaging projects.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 5
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 4.5%; rating input score 4
  • Program expense ratio: 6.7%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.4%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.63; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -97.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 4.5% of revenue deployed · 6.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 4/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.