National Center for Donor Conception
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452554705
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Kentwood, MI, USA
- Phone
- 6164551499
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Reproductive Health Care Facilities and Allied Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $265,169
- Expenses
- $262,009
- Assets
- $526,818
- Liabilities
- $159,085
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR ROBERT VISSCHER (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DEBRA PETERS (EXECUTIVE DI): $110,499 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The national fertility support center is a not-for-profit, behavioral health care organization that provides education, counseling and support services to those struggling with infertility and the often complex family building options and decisions that accompany such. Our vision is that the individuals considering or connecting through a donor conception plan will have the access to an array of comprehensive support services that will prepare and assist them throughout their journey. Our mission is to provide education, assistance and resources that raise public awareness and encourage family building gifts that bring hope and life to others. Our service mandate is to provide a full continuum of education, counseling and support services for those experiencing infertility; those offering the gift of family building donation; those choosing to build their family through donor conception; and provide general counseling for individuals, couples and families.
What it reported doing in 2019
More than 250 individuals, couples or families received services in 2018, in addition to providing education to professionals by way of exhibiting at medical, legal and mental health conferences, providing one to one small group training sessions and offering education to the general public by way of advertising, radio interviews and website materials. Services provided addressed presenting issues related to infertility, embryo donation, and individual or family related needs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 67% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 64
- Sustainability: 41
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 88.4%; rating input score 88
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.2%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.01; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 42.2%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 88.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $232K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.