Brooks Rehabilitation Clinical Research Center Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
452094888
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Jacksonville, FL, USA
Phone
9043457600
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,263,885
Expenses
$3,263,883
Assets
$2,734,723
Liabilities
$2,853,528

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Douglas M Baer (Chairman / CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • Douglas M Baer (Chairman / CEO): $902,095 total reported compensation
  • Trevor Paris MD (Board Member): $654,205 total reported compensation
  • J Britton Tabor (SEC. / TREAS. / CFO): $619,949 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance the health and well-being of persons requiring rehabilitation through superior outcomes, service, education, and research.

What it reported doing in 2024

Brooks rehabilitation has partnered with various academic institutions to advance the future of rehabilitation and enhance the quality of life. The brooks rehabilitation clinical research center (brcrc) is devoted to conducting innovative research studies that will expand the knowledge and science of recovery for patients. The brcrc combines the experience and expertise of academic researchers, clinical investigators and practicing clinicians to conduct research that positively impacts patients and their families. Focused on advancing the future of rehabilitation, the brcrc team is driven by a mission to generate new knowledge and integrate the latest research discoveries into clinical practices to improve patient outcomes and improve their quality of life. Areas of focus include: stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, orthopedics, parkinson's disease, chronic pain, musculoskeletal conditions and aging. Research at the brcrc emphasizes the link between research and practice through collaborations between brooks rehabilitation system of care and academic institutions such as the university of Florida college of public health and the university of north Florida brooks college of health. These collaborations join the research expertise of academic researchers with the clinical expertise of highly specialized practicing rehabilitation professionals from a variety of disciplines.

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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 88.1%; rating input score 88
  • Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 60%; rating input score 60; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.84; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.04; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 53% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 88.1% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 5 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $902K · 8 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $161K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 17 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.