National University of Natural Medicine
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 930461940
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Portland, OR, USA
- Phone
- 5035522010
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $15,766,680
- Expenses
- $17,542,659
- Assets
- $13,813,272
- Liabilities
- $2,398,123
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MELANIE HENRIKSEN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MELANIE HENRIKSEN (PRESIDENT): $279,601 total reported compensation
- HEATHER ZWICKEY (VP RESEARCH & ACADEMICS): $257,195 total reported compensation
- GERALD BORES (VP FINANCE): $216,541 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advance education, healthcare and research in the art and science of natural medicine. Programmatic focus on naturopathic, chinese medicine, nutrition, and research. The university also operates a teaching clinic focused on naturopathic, chinese medicine and nutritional therapies.
What it reported doing in 2024
Natural clinic - a medicinal clinic serving the general public using physicians of natural medicine and providing experience to students of the college.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 22
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 85.6%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 89.7%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.3 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -11.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.79; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 85.6% of revenue deployed · 89.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $15.7M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $280K · 22 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 12 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Federal audit findings: this organization reported findings in its latest federal Single Audit.