Ease Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842991418
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone
6786608620
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$351,100
Expenses
$381,353
Assets
$4,469
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • FENN LITTLE (DIRECTOR)
  • JUSTIN T MILLER (DIRECTOR)
  • ALEXANDER RENFRO (EXECUTIVE DI)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ease alliance (erisa access serving everyone) is a nonprofit that promotes and supports the implementation of affordable healthcare plans for all, including self-employed americans, like real-estate agents, uber drivers, and small business owners through erisa single-employer group health plans.

What it reported doing in 2023

Through its support and advocacy, ease alliance continues to assist plan sponsors using the ease structure in defending against unwarranted and illegal regulation by state departments of insurance challenging the implementation of the erisa single-employer self-insured plans in compliance with the federal district court ruling obtained in september 2019. Through its support, the fifth circuit court of appeals issued a ruling affirming in the main this district court ruling. Ease alliance continues to provide support for the litigation as the case has been remanded to the district court for a refinement of the original ruling. Additionally, ease alliance has provided financial support to the ongoing legal needs in interacting with state departments of insurance that continue to engage in illegal regulation of ease structure plans.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.6%; rating input score 98
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.8% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $372K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.