Association of Pathology Chairs Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237006166
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone
3026604944
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Medical Disciplines

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,558,788
Expenses
$1,609,221
Assets
$1,522,771
Liabilities
$419,950

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JENNIFER BACCON MD PHD 2025-2026 (PRESIDENT)
  • CHEN LIU MD PHD 2025-2026 (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • EYAS HATTAB MD MBA 2025-2026 (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • PRISCILLA MARKWOOD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITA)
  • MELVIN LIMSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • PRISCILLA MARKWOOD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR EMERITA): $180,759 total reported compensation
  • MELVIN LIMSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $160,359 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 official organization representing the departments of pathology and laboratory medicine accredited by the liaison committee for medical education.

What it reported doing in 2025

'academic pathology' is an open access journal and the official peer-reviewed publication of the association of pathology chairs, inc (apc). The journal seeks to address 1) methods for improving patient care (clinical informatics, genomic testing and data management, lab automation, electronic health record integration, and annotated biorepositories), 2) best practices in inter-professional clinical partherships, 3) innovative pedagogical approaches to medical education and educational program evaluation in pathology, 4) models for training academic pathologists and advancing academic career development, 5) administrative and organizational models supporting the discipline, and 6) leadership development in academic medical centers, health systems and other relevant venues. Intended authorship and audiences for academic pathology are international and reach beyond academic pathology itself, including but not limited to, healthcare providers, educators, researchers, and policy makers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 90% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 39
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.3%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 40.3%; rating input score 40
  • Fundraising efficiency: $3.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.2%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.2%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.3% of revenue deployed · 40.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $648K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $181K · 15 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 10/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 22/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.