National Council on Patient Information and Education

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521272884
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2017
Forms available
Form 990 2017
Location
Rockville, MD, USA
Phone
3013403940
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Consumer Protection

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$95,139
Expenses
$441,583
Assets
$83,706
Liabilities
$129,640

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

25 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • William Ray Bullman (Executive Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

  • William Ray Bullman (Executive Vice President): $146,656 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

NCPIE's mission is to stimulate and improve communication of information on the appropriate use of medicines to consumers and health care professionals.

What it reported doing in 2017

Develop and disseminate information and educational resources to address prescription medicine abuse prevention, treatment referral and recovery; promote safe and appropriate use of acetaminophen and other over-the-counter and prescription medicines; promote improved medication adherence and proper disposal of unused and expired medications.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 76
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 9
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 54.5%; rating input score 55
  • Fundraising efficiency: $6.17 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 3rd 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -364.1%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.19; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.55; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 33.2%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -21.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -5.8% per year; rating input score 0; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 54.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $241K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 25 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2011 to 2017
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.