Biological Stain Commission Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 160743923
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Rochester, NY, USA
- Phone
- 5853851909
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Biological & Life Sciences
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $152,160
- Expenses
- $112,125
- Assets
- $1,158,687
- Liabilities
- $9,468
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- BRENDAN BOYCE TREASURER (90 EAGLE CHASE, WOODBURY, NY 11797): $19,476 total reported compensation
- WILLIAM P PASSALACQUA FISCAL SERVIC (282 LANDING RD. S., ROCHESTER, NY 14610): $7,176 total reported compensation
- DAVID HICKS DIRECTOR OF LAB SERVICE (6 MARVIN PARK, ROCHESTER, NY 14610): $4,612 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Standardization of biological stains and dyes used in many clinical diagnostic procedures; communicate information related to scientific advances and innovation via the bsc journal biotechnic & histochemistry, and through the bsc website, www.biologicalstaincommission.org
What it reported doing in 2024
Produce 6 issues of biotechnic & histochemistry annually and communicate additional information via biologicalstaincommission.org.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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: 17
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 77
- Sustainability: 70
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 10.3%; rating input score 10
- Program expense ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 33
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 26.3%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.33; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 31.1%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.7% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 10.3% of revenue deployed · 32.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 74 of 74 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $37K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $19K · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 33/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.