National Kidney Foundation of West Tennessee Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
620806802
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9016836185
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Kidney Disease

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,863
Expenses
$168,112
Assets
$38,932
Liabilities
$106,199

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BEN MILLRANY (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • DR BARRY WALL (MEDICAL VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JOANNA HUDSON (PRESIDENT)
  • MABLE BARRINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • MABLE BARRINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $74,680 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The national kidney foundation, a major voluntary nonprofit health organization, is dedicated to preventing kidney and urinary tract diseases, improving the health and well-being of individuals and families affected by kidney disease and increasing the availability of all organs for transplantation.

What it reported doing in 2016

Research related to kidneys and public health education

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 10
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75.7%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 61.7%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 24th 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: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -22.8%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.73; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.1% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75.7% of revenue deployed · 61.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $104K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $75K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 27 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2011 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 21/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.