Brown Dermatology Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812847155
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Providence, RI, USA
Phone
4014447959
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
University or Technological Institute

Reported finances

Revenue
$17,881,335
Expenses
$19,121,673
Assets
$5,096,647
Liabilities
$6,157,948

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ABRAR QURESHI MD (PRESIDENT, TREASURER)
  • SU-JEAN SEO MD (VICE PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANGELA CALIENDO MD (DIRECTOR): $748,033 total reported compensation
  • HAYLEY GOLDBACH MD (PHYSICIAN): $741,097 total reported compensation
  • CARLOS WAMBIER MD (PHYSICIAN): $504,701 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 promote health by providing clinical and medical care to patients as the faculty group practice organization for the department of dermatology at the warren alpert medical school at brown university; to operate the clinical and patient care services of the faculty group practice organization for the benefit and support of the teaching, research, clinical and patient care missions of the department of dermatology at the warren alpert medical school and hospitals within the state of Rhode Island that are affiliated with the alpert medical school; and to engage in research, education of medical students and postgraduate training programs.

What it reported doing in 2024

Brown dermatology provides comprehensive clinical services that span general adult and pediatric dermatology, highly specialized services in cancer and immunology, phototherapy, dermatopathology, cosmetic dermatology and surgical dermatology including mohs micrographic surgery. Brown dermatology currently has clinical services at 6 locations, including Rhode Island hospital, miriam hospital, east providence, warwick, westerly and wakefield.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% 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: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 47
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 76.3%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd 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: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.9%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.21; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.5% of revenue deployed · 76.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14.6M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $748K · 15 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $845K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 7 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 33/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.