Center for Wellness Leadership Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 465090279
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Portland, ME, USA
- Phone
- 7814284991
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Leadership Development
Reported finances
- Expenses
- $3,118
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JACQUES SANTUCCI (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- JACQUES SANTUCCI (PRESIDENT)
- DAN WALKER (SECRETARY)
- CONNOR YOST (BOARD MEMBER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To educate the public and medical practitioners about alternative medicine and natural medicine, conducting research about those topics and making grants to other tax-exempt organizations in support of these purposes.
What it reported doing in 2019
1) produced a symposium in may 2018: integrative health & chronic pain had a 130 participants and 10 keynotes speakers in portland, me. 2) social media campaigns: facebook, twitter, linkedin, and youtube. 3) policy development: research policy, gift acceptance policy. 4) continuation of academic partnerships with bowdoin college and husson university via research. Continued partnerships with hippocrates caf at une and the rec and leisure studies department at usm. 5) continued participation in seminars and conferences both locally and nationally around integrative medicine. 6) updates to website adding features and content related to integrative medicine. 7) creation of original content and research information: a. Extensive information database has been integrated as well as an integrative medicine web directory, provider directory, and history of integrated medicine database. B. The blog on the cwl site contains articles vetted by a professional medical advisory board as well as graduate med students. C. Cwl has collaborated with one of the most nationally read integrative medicine blogs in the country. John week's integrator blog is available to read on the cwl website. D. Podcasts from a popular local show and videos of symposium are available on the cwl website. 8) development of marketing collateral: a. Extensive marketing campaign was conducted for symposium and to increase cwl membership. B. A database of local im providers was established as well as an extensive mailing list for a quarterly cwl newsletter. 9) networking related to the development of medical advisory board: a. New advisory board members enlisted, including leaders in the field of im and one of the first naturopathic doctors in Maine. They have re- developed cwl's modality system creating a grouping system that is aligned with the current understanding of im. 10) initiated relationships with local partners: a. The cwl collaborated with many local corporations and care providers for symposium, including the university of southern Maine, Maine magazine, norway savings bank, opus consulting group, wellness connection of Maine, preti-flaherty, coastal pharmacy and wellness, hippocrates cafe, coffee by design, standard baking co., aurora provisions, eastern mountain sports, and essential living Maine. 11) publication of integrative medicine (im) research through grants in partnership with husson university and bowdoin college. 12) extend its network to wellness providers and integrative medicine experts, including connection with local start-up providing content and education.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 38
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 10
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -16.2% per year; rating input score 0; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -74.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 2 of 2 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.