Consolidated Benefit Trust

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262262308
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2015
Forms available
Form 990 2015
Location
Grand Rapids, MI, USA
Phone
6164606205
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Insurance Providers

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,205,611
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SUZANNE DANIELS (INTERIM CEO FOR MEBS)

Highest reported compensation

  • SUZANNE DANIELS (INTERIM CEO FOR MEBS): $140,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's primary mission is to provide healthcare benefits to public employers. Consolidated benefit trust was established as a funding vehicle to allow public employer and employee groups to take advantage of public act 106 by pooling their risk with other like entities to achieve "economy of scale" savings.

What it reported doing in 2015

Consolidated benefit trust (cbt) was established for the exclusive purpose of purchasing various health and welfare benefits for participating members of participating unions and employees of various participating employers in Michigan from their employers' contributions. Cbt is financed by employer contributions on behalf of eligible participants and by self-payments from certain eligible participants. Cbt purchases insurance for one or more of the following categories of benefits to eligible participants, as determined by the trustees: medical-surgical, hospital, dental, optical, auxiliary benefits involved in care, treatment, recovery, and rehabilitation following injury or illness, prescription drugs, life insurance, disability income insurance, and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 69
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -39.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.9% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 8 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.

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.