Council on Medical Student Education in Pediatrics

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462990751
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Mclean, VA, USA
Phone
7035569222
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Medical Research N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$588,511
Expenses
$550,047
Assets
$374,961
Liabilities
$83,741

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARY BECK DALLAGHAN (PRESIDENT)
  • LAVJAY BUTANI MD (PAST PRESIDENT (INCOMING))
  • APRIL O BUCHANAN (PAST PRESIDENT (OUTGOING))
  • CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN MD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • LAURA DEGNON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • JANICE WILKINS (ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • GARY BECK DALLAGHAN (PRESIDENT)
  • LAVJAY BUTANI MD (PAST PRESIDENT (INCOMING))
  • APRIL O BUCHANAN (PAST PRESIDENT (OUTGOING))

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The council's vision is for better health for all patients through pediatric education in several ways: promote exemplary teaching practices, advance innovation and scholarship in medical student education in pediatrics, and foster the personal growth, professional success and collaboration of its members.

What it reported doing in 2025

The council supports various organizations to promote excellence in undergraduate and graduate medical education; to support and advocate for maximum health outcomes of children; to enhance the leadership and management skills of its members; to foster excellence and innovation in clinical care for children and in research and education in human development and child's health; and to support the pediatric community in general.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.1%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 88.8%; rating input score 89
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.5%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.68; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.22; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.1% of revenue deployed · 88.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $488K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $142K reported
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.