Neuro Assistance Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262464596
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2013
Location
Dallas, TX, USA
Phone
4696197253
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neurology, Neuroscience

Reported finances

Revenue
$923,913
Expenses
$943,274
Assets
$529,647
Liabilities
$19,761

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CYNTHIA COOPERMAN PARTIAL YEAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • KAREN STULL PARTIAL YEAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • TOM FORBES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • VICKI NIEDERMAYER (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • CYNTHIA COOPERMAN PARTIAL YEAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $146,583 total reported compensation
  • KAREN STULL PARTIAL YEAR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $70,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Neuro assistance foundation is dedicated to assisting children and adults living with spinal cord injury and related disability in Texas to achieve self-sufficiency and mobility through assistive vehicles/vehicle modifications, mobility and services.

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided a range of supportive services to individuals living with mobility impairments, including but not limited to rental assistance, to help families maintain stability and remain near hospitalized children.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 83% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for grants.
  • 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 87
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 27
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.6%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 90.3%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: $18.64 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 18.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.6% of revenue deployed · 90.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $852K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $147K · 16 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 47/100.