Baker Gordon Educational Symposium Inc C/o Mary Felpeto
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 270214867
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Coconut Grove, FL, USA
- Phone
- 3058548828
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Voluntary Health Associations & Medical Disciplines N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,257,350
- Expenses
- $1,256,200
- Assets
- $1,306
- Liabilities
- $45,000
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JAMES M STUZIN (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JAMES M STUZIN (PRESIDENT)
- CHARLES STUZIN (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
- AMANDA MAXWELL (DIRECTOR)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The baker gordon educational symposium provided support for research and education from the net proceeds of the annual conference on cosmetic surgery. In addition, the baker gordon educational symposium produced educational videotapes demonstrating specific techniques by the experts in the field of plastic surgery. The net proceeds from the conference were donated to the plastic surgery educational foundation and the educational videos will be given to the plastic surgery educational foundation and to the university of Florida, the university of miami, and mercy hospital. The baker gordon educational symposium provided endowments for plastic surgery education and residency training at the university of Florida, the university of miami and mercy hospital. The determination of who will be eligible to receive the funds for education was determined by the universities receiving the funds from the baker gordon educational symposium.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization hosted an annual conference on cosmetic surgery to improve surgical excellence through quality aesthetic surgery education. In addition, they produced educational videotapes demonstrating specific techniques by the experts in the field of plastic surgery. The net proceeds from the conference were donated to the plastic surgery educational foundation and the educational videos will be given to the plastic surgery educational foundation and to the university of Florida, the university of miami, and mercy hospital. The baker gordon educational symposium also provided endowments for plastic surgery education and residency training at the university of Florida, the university of miami and mercy hospital.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 89
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 37
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.6%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 99.7%; rating input score 100
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 33.3%; rating input score 33; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 0.1%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 34.46; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -16.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.6% of revenue deployed · 99.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 1 of 3 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $120K reported
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 31/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.