National Board for Health & Wellness Coaching Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
815064011
IRS 990 coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Phone
4046801787
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,352,052
Expenses
$1,150,190
Assets
$1,549,420
Liabilities
$786

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEANNA FOURNIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM 05/2025))

Highest reported compensation

  • NICOLE POPE (DIRECTOR OF CERTIFICATION): $134,050 total reported compensation
  • DEANNA FOURNIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (FROM 05/2025)): $81,332 total reported compensation
  • JESSICA MATTHEWS CHAIR (INTERIM EXEC. DIR. (UNTIL 01/2025)): $4,283 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To champion the advancement of health and wellness coaching through evidence-informed standards of education, training, credentialing and research.

What it reported doing in 2025

The organization's mission is pursued through the following four-pronged approach:1) advance the health and wellness coaching profession by establishing and maintaining standards of equitable, evidence-informed education, training, certification, and maintenance of certification that result in quality professional practice.2) facilitate the integration of health and wellness coaches into the healthcare team to foster a whole-person approach to care.(continued on schedule o)3) support research initiatives to elevate the field of health and wellness coaching.4) promote access for individuals across diverse communities to work with national board certified health and wellness coaches (nbc-hwc) as well as for professionals to complete quality coach training, certification and continuing education.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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: 92
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 57
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.9%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.35; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.1%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 25.5% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $134K · 15 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 17/100.