FASD United Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 460412365
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2027854585
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alcohol, Drug Abuse, Prevention Only
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,688,245
- Expenses
- $1,866,013
- Assets
- $514,183
- Liabilities
- $312,694
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Thomas Donaldson (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Thomas Donaldson (CEO): $135,000 total reported compensation
- Jennifer Wisdahl (COO): $118,333 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
FASD United empowers people living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders FASD and prenatal substance exposure to educate systems of care and the public enact policies and unite communities everywhere. Through the organizations programs conferences events virtual and in-person meetings and presentations publications media outreach and the dissemination of printed and digital information FASD United reached 750,000 individuals during the 12 months ending 12 31 24.
What it reported doing in 2024
FASD United develops implements and or facilitates nationwide the following primary activities and events: fetal alcohol spectrum disorders FASD public awareness and education initiatives; family resource navigation referral and client advocacy; an international research conference; collaboration on a research and clinical practice project in the Military Health System; administration of a network of FASD organizations and agencies; management of a resource clearinghouse; engagement with child welfare education medical behavioral health justice addiction public health and other external partners; media outreach and the dissemination of FASD news and information; a speakers bureau of FASD living experiences; legislative and legal policy research and advocacy and; development and dissemination of printed and digital materials and publications.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 63% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 86
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 16
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 88.5%; rating input score 88
- Program expense ratio: 80%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: $12.27 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 19th 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.5%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 13.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.9% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 23.4% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 53.5% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 88.5% of revenue deployed · 80% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $135K · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 44 of 45 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2019 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.