Medical Illness Counseling Center

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521244343
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Gaithersburg, MD, USA
Phone
3013467774
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Reported finances

Revenue
$10,548
Expenses
$188,401
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DR STEPHEN P HERSH MD (PRESIDENT/MED. DIR./TREASURER)

People named in this filing

  • DR STEPHEN P HERSH MD (PRESIDENT/MED. DIR./TREASURER)
  • BERTRAM S BROWN (CHAIRMAN)
  • JEAN L HERSH (SECRETARY/ADMINISTRATOR/DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

To conduct research and educate the public and medical profession on effectiveness of treatment.

What it reported doing in 2018

Biomedical research: facilitating and overseeing a three institution collaboration on mitochondrial disorders, a five year grant to the united mitochondrial disease foundation, a prospective multi-institutional study out of the mayo clinic on bipolar disorders in children and adults, a program on cardiovascular regeneration at mayo clinic, the boston center for endometriosis at the children's hospital of boston, and several other exciting programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 63.7%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,686.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -72.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -37% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -21.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 63.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $120K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2018
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.