Emergency Nurses Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311703819
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Schaumburg, IL, USA
Phone
8474604000
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,312,609
Expenses
$33,424,854
Assets
$31,522,045
Liabilities
$18,769,218

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS DELLINGER MBA BSN RN FAEN (PRESIDENT)
  • RYAN OGLESBY PHD MHA RN CEN CFRN (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • TERRY FOSTER MSN RN CEN CPEN CCR (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • NANCY MACRAE MS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • NANCY MACRAE MS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $651,952 total reported compensation
  • TERRENCE D SYKES MBA (CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER): $362,328 total reported compensation
  • BRIDGET WALSH (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $347,399 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To lead the advancement of excellence and innovation in emergency nursing through research, education, resources, advocacy and collaboration.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advocacy:- ena supported passage of federal laws that would have a positive impact on emergency patients and on nurses, including the dr. Lorna breen health care provider protection reauthorization act, the emergency medical services for children program reauthorization act and the nursing faculty shortage reduction act. - ena's government relations staff also supported ena council leaders in their efforts to advance state legislation.- the annual day on the hill in Washington, d.c., helped prepare more than 150 nurses to meet with their lawmakers and congressional staff about ena's legislative priorities, as well as to continue their efforts throughout the year.- ena hosted a congressional briefing, featuring the american nurses association and american college of emergency physicians, to discuss workplace violence causes and impact in the ed, and to press for passage of related legislation.- ena president chris dellinger and ena staff participated in the second agency for healthcare research and quality summit to address ed boarding in Washington, d.c.partnerships and relationships:- ena joined the american nurses association national workplace violence prevention committee.- the emergency medical services for children program, in collaboration with ena and society of trauma nurses, developed the updated pediatric interfacility transfer guide.research:- the journal of emergency nursing devoted its september issue to workplace culture and overall nurse wellness.- ena launched a five-year longitudinal study of workplace violence experienced by emergency nurses.- the ena-led research papers "validation of emergency nurse practitioner competencies: patient complexity and clinical decision-making and "establishing triage competencies and verification processes: a survey study" were published online in the journal of emergency nursing.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 62
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.7%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 66.2%; rating input score 66
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.14 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: 0%; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -10.3%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.94; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.6; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.7% of revenue deployed · 66.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $22.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $652K · 20 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.4M reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 21 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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 — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.