National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 112760706
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 8883811140
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,515,548
- Expenses
- $4,316,531
- Assets
- $5,206,315
- Liabilities
- $585,345
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MINA LARSON (CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- MINA LARSON (CEO): $307,998 total reported compensation
- OLGA COX (COO): $203,882 total reported compensation
- PAMELA FROMMELT (DIR OF EXAM DEV. AND TESTING): $181,309 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To assure the safety and well-being of the public and to advance and advocate the professional practice of nccaom board certified acupuncturists by promoting established national standards focused on competence and credentialing.
What it reported doing in 2024
As a part of its mission, the nccaom is dedicated to promoting nationally accredited certification programs and certified practitioners (diplomates) to consumers and the public. Nccaom accomplishes this by advocating for diplomates and by continuously offering customized services for diplomates to promote their certification, such as marketing and consumer brochures, press packets, and statistics about the profession. These tools empower diplomates to better inform consumers about the benefits of choosing an nccaom certified practitioner. In recent years, the nccaom has also worked directly with federal government agencies to establish recognition of its certification programs and its diplomates in the federal area, a very important aspect of its mission. (continued on schedule o)this includes providing supporting data to the bureau of labor and statistics for the creation of a distinct job classification code for acupuncturists in the occupation outlook handbook. Nccaom is the only national organization that provides entry certification for the practice of acupuncture and oriental medicine. Nccaom certification and/or the passing of the nccaom certification examination(s) are recognized for licensure by 47 states, including the district of columbia, (which represents 98 percent of the states that regulate acupuncture). The nccaom issues certificates in acupuncture, oriental medicine, and chinese herbology.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 82
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 40
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: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.4%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $308K · 14 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
- Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 13 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.
- 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.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.