Innovative Blood Resources

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
410693869
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Rye, NY, US
Phone
917.693.3517
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Blood Supply Related

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,700,542
Expenses
$62,557,904
Assets
$46,399,796
Liabilities
$8,203,181

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELIZABETH MCQUAIL (CEO OF IBR; DIRECTOR, IBR)
  • CHRISTOPHER HILLYER MD (PRESIDENT OF IBR; DIRECTOR IBR)
  • ELLEN C DISALVO (PRESIDENT NCBB DIVISION)
  • DONALD C BERGLUND (FORMER CEO OF IBR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHRISTOPHER HILLYER MD (PRESIDENT OF IBR; DIRECTOR IBR): $1,791,197 total reported compensation
  • DONALD C BERGLUND (FORMER CEO OF IBR): $815,788 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH MCQUAIL (CEO OF IBR; DIRECTOR, IBR): $750,607 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Leveraging the power of our divisions and business units, the mission of New York Blood Center Enterprises (NYBCe) has been amplified.

What it reported doing in 2018

Innovative blood resources (ibr) is a nonprofit community blood center that serves as the major supplier of blood and blood components to 50 hospitals in the twin cities metro area, northern Minnesota, northwestern Wisconsin, and Nebraska. Innovative blood resources is a leader in transfusion medicine, providing expert technical services to clients throughout the country. Among the services innovative blood resources provides are consulting, reference laboratory work, virology testing, research, and organ and marrow transplantation support.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 99% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some related-organization disclosures are missing and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 78
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.5%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 83.2%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: No; rating input score 0

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 62.5%; rating input score 62; 18th 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: 0.2%; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 82.5% of revenue deployed · 83.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 8 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $52M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.8M · 17 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
  • Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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: Related-party transparency scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 30/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.