Georgia Dental Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
580626520
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
Marietta, GA, USA
Phone
4046367553
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,914,731
Expenses
$3,032,471
Assets
$4,403,710
Liabilities
$1,708,221

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

Leadership & pay

89 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRIS ADKINS (PRESIDENT)
  • JAMIE MITCHELL (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • AMBER LAWSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ZACHARY POWELL (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • FRANK CAPALDO (PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KRISTEN MORGAN (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • FRANK CAPALDO (PAST EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $478,301 total reported compensation
  • LISA VANZANDT (PAST COO - GDIS): $346,323 total reported compensation
  • MICHELLE AMATULLI (VP OF STRATEGIC ALLIANCES): $170,612 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Assist members in providing and promoting the highest professional and ethical levels of oral health care for the citizens they serve.

What it reported doing in 2023

The Georgia dental association is the premier professional organization of dentists in the state committed to improving oral health in Georgia and continuously promoting the highest standards of dentistry through education, advocacy, and professionalism. Continuing education is offered for members to fulfill requirements and improve knowledge. Legislative advocacy allows the association and its members to work with legislators on issues important to dentistry. Insurance services provide members access to affordable professional liability and personal insurance plans designed for dental professionals. The convention and expo offers a family-friendly annual meeting for members to network, provide governance and access to additional education opportunities. The association serves as a resource to regulatory and policy questions. Members have access to gda plus supplies, which is a cooperative buying program allowing for members to enjoy the benefits of savings on over 65,000 products and supplies.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 83% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 81
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 80%; rating input score 80; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: -4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.45; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 40.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 81 of 81 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $478K · 89 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 15 of 16 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.