National Stroke Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742317104
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Englewood, CO, USA
Phone
3036499299
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Heart and Circulatory System Diseases, Disorders

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,813,403
Expenses
$3,386,641
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBYN MOORE (CEO (UNTIL AUG 2018))
  • CHAD SENG (INTERIM CEO (SINCE AUG 2018))

Highest reported compensation

  • ROBYN MOORE (CEO (UNTIL AUG 2018)): $164,654 total reported compensation
  • CHAD SENG (INTERIM CEO (SINCE AUG 2018)): $149,789 total reported compensation
  • SHARON JANUCHOWSKI (SECRETARY): $25,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

National stroke association was formed in 1984 to fill a void as the only national voluntary health care organization focusing 100% of its resources and attention on stroke. The nsa and its supporters are motivated by its strategic mission: to reduce the incidence and impact of stroke. Serving as an information resource center, nsa develops and disseminates information and educational materials to health care professionals, stroke survivors and their families, and the general public. Nsa also helps advance promising avenues of stroke prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.

What it reported doing in 2018

Public education - we provide stroke education through multiple web-based avenues, including www.stroke.org, social media, and community outreach tools for event hosting and personal webpage profiles. National stroke awareness month is a yearly educational campaign held during the spring through the end of may. We encourage community education of all types by providing a web-based toolkit that includes resources from pre-formatted emails to event promotional materials.

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 program-spending lines do not add up, so the filing cannot show reliably whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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 the required major-donor schedule is missing or incomplete.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.7%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 49.1%; rating input score 49
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.87 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: No; rating input score 0
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 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: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -86.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -7.6% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -10.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.7% of revenue deployed · 49.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $165K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Major donor itemization scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.