National Association of Marine Laboratories Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 043091999
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Herndon, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7037901745
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Marine Science and Oceanography
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $205,584
- Expenses
- $187,616
- Assets
- $340,123
- Liabilities
- $83,880
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Terry Donaldson (President)
- Dave Eggleston (Vice President)
- Dave Carlon (Past President)
People named in this filing
- Terry Donaldson (President)
- Dave Eggleston (Vice President)
- Dave Carlon (Past President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of NAML and its three regional organizations is to promote excellence in research, education, and public outreach in the marine sciences . . . to provide a forum for the resolution of challenges common to non-profit marine laboratories in the United States and to inform the wise use and conservation of marine and coastal resources.
What it reported doing in 2024
Regional Web Contributions
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 92% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Some filed totals do not add up and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 59
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 94
- Sustainability: 54
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 64.8%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 69.2%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.7%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.81; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 64.8% of revenue deployed · 69.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $130K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 21 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.