Collaborative Spine Research Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454014358
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2012
- Location
- Rosemont, IL, USA
- Phone
- 8474305114
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Labor Unions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $32,147
- Assets
- $110,944
- Liabilities
- $323,619
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
People named in this filing
- JAMES HECKMAN (CHAIR)
- CHARLES BRANCH JR (SECRETARY/TREASURER)
- RAY BAKER (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To support highly impactful clinical spine research
What it reported doing in 2014
To advance the science and practice of the highest quality spine care through the collaborative funding and support of clinical research by serving as the principal funding source of clinical spine research in north america.
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: 20
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 51.8%; rating input score 52
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: 3.45; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.92; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -107.8% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 51.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $17K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.