National Football League Physicians Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351887127
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3178171243
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$424,418
Expenses
$351,543
Assets
$111,005
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANTHONY CASOLARO (PRESIDENT)
  • TIM MCADAMS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • LEIGH ANN CURL (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANTHONY CASOLARO (PRESIDENT): $15,000 total reported compensation
  • LEIGH ANN CURL (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT): $15,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Mission is to provide excellence in the medical and surgical care of the athletes of the national football league and to provide direction and support for the athletic trainers in charge of care of these athletes.

What it reported doing in 2020

The organization works to enhance medical protocols to further improve the way the game of football is taught and played. Members meet annually at the nfl scouting combine to present their nfl related research and share best practices for preventing and treating injuries and improving player health. Our 170 members are leaders in sports medicine, and many are academically affiliated, contributors to the literature regarding injuries in athletics, also work in other sports leagues, and are involved in the education of fellows and residents in their fields.in addition facilitating collaboration among team doctors from all 32 nfl teams, we work closely with the professional football athletic trainers society (pfats), the national football league (nfl), and other medical societies to give our patients, the nfl players, the best care possible. Together we all work to drive progress in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of injuries, enhance medical protocols and further improve the way our game is taught and played.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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: 90
  • Accountability: 63
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 20

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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 17.2%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.5%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -9.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 97.7% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 1 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $15K · 9 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $183K reported
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2019 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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: 6 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 36/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.