National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 566019372
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2009
- Forms available
- Form 990 2009
- Location
- Charlotte, NC, USA
- Phone
- 7045255906
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Nerve, Muscle and Bone Diseases
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,726,490
- Expenses
- $2,850,798
- Assets
- $898,588
- Liabilities
- $579,518
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To mobilize people and resources to drive research for a cure and to address the challenges of everyone affected by MS.
What it reported doing in 2009
Patient services includes support groups, family awareness day, newsletter, programs for the newly diagnosed, and research treatment symposiums.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
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: 94
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: NotEnoughData
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; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.64; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.9%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $140K · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 45/100.