National Physicians Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
113783846
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2011
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2024207896
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$515,214
Expenses
$420,493
Assets
$255,245
Liabilities
$37,675

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

23 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To create research and education programs that promote health and foster active engagement of physicians with their communities to achieve high quality, affordable health care for all.

What it reported doing in 2011

The secure health care for all campaign endorses the principles of the institute of medicine that health care must be universal, portable, high quality, and affordable for all individuals in our society. The campaign champions the responsibility of physicians to practice evidence-based medicine and to serve as responsible stewards of finite clinical resources. The campaign provides issues and communications training to physicians who are encouraged to become spokespersons for campaign values in their workplace and communities.this work has yielded the distribution of non- partisian educatioal materials to patients and the public (72,300 pieces distributed);152 public education presentations by physicians;65 blog posts by physicians on health policy issues;187 physician quotes in print, television, and radio stories designated to educate the public about health care; and provided professinal media training to approximately 40 physicians.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 73% 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: 100
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 56
  • 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; 60th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.4%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.2%; rating input score 18; 18th 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: 22 of 22 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $301K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $68K · 23 people listed
  • Consistency: 26 of 26 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.