Maine Quality Counts

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
204935972
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Manchester, ME, USA
Phone
2076223374
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,754,223
Expenses
$7,015,594
Assets
$2,478,296
Liabilities
$699,846

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lawrence Clifford (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Allison Watson MBA MS-CTE (CFO (part year)): $147,200 total reported compensation
  • Amy Belisle MD (Medical Director, Child Services): $139,651 total reported compensation
  • Joan Orr (Deputy Director): $126,291 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Maine Quality Counts is transforming health and healthcare in Maine by leading, collaborating, and aligning improvement efforts.

What it reported doing in 2017

NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND PRACTICE TRANSFORMATION NETWORK (NNE PTN)Maine Quality Counts successfully completed the third year of the NNE-PTN in Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont, with the goal of improving quality of care delivered, improving patient health outcomes, decreasing the cost of care, and lower the burden of "paperwork" for providers (patients over paperwork). (Continued on Schedule O)

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 77% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 83.7%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: $58,235.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

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: -3.9%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.35; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.28; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.9%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 18.4% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 83.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 24 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $2.5M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 5 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.