Nepal Spine Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
871607334
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Seattle, WA, USA
Phone
2063697770
Rating
45
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neurology, Neuroscience

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$38,400
Expenses
$28,151
Assets
$154,491
Liabilities
$5,639

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHARD WOHNS MD JD MBA (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHI WOHNS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • RICK CHUA MD (DIRECTOR)
  • FARROKH R FARROKHI MD (DIRECTOR)
  • SUSHIL SHILPAKAR MD (DIRECTOR)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The nepal spine foundation improves access and care for nepali spine patients through its deep collaboration with the department of neurosurgery at tribhuvan university teaching hospital (tuth) in kathmandu, nepal. The nepal spine foundation fosters knowledge exchange between nepali and international neurosurgeons through education, research and training for residents and faculty, elevating post-graduate neurosurgery education in nepal.the nepal spine foundation international team travels at least twice a year to kathmandu to run workshops and other teaching activities that help significantly improve patient care. We also work with tuth on a monthly basis via virtual conferences to train nepalese surgeons and residents on the most advanced spine techniques.

What it reported doing in 2025

The nepal spine organization provides education and training to residents and faculty at the tribhuvan university teaching hospital ("tuth") in kathmandu, nepal. Instruction shall be focused primarily on minimally invasive spine surgery techniques, such that the tuth residents and faculty may utilize such techniques in their own practice, in order to better care for the local nepali indigent community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 26.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.49; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -50.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -19.9% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 26.3% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.