North Carolina Spine Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
561910573
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2016–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Phone
9198333836
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,880
Expenses
$104,355
Assets
$52,844
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • W ALAN SKIPPER (SR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ASHLEY NEWTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MELISSA ERICKSON MD (PRESIDENT)
  • MUHAMMAD ABD-EL-BARR MD (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • CHRISTOPHER DIBBLE MD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TADHG J O'GARA MD (PAST - PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • W ALAN SKIPPER (SR. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • ASHLEY NEWTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MELISSA ERICKSON MD (PRESIDENT)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The North Carolina spine society (ncss), founded in 1994, is a professional multi-disciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement of comprehensive spinal care. Through education, research, and collegiate exchange, the ncss promotes standards of excellence amongst specialties treating complex disorders of the spine.

What it reported doing in 2024

The annual meeting of the nc spine society offers continuing medical education for practicing orthopaedic and neurosurgical spine surgeons, fellows, residents, medical students, and physician extenders to educate and facilitate discussion on new research in surgical techniques and to facilitate discussion on current outcome metrics as they relate to quality and value in spine care.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 54
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 54%; rating input score 54
  • Program expense ratio: 54.8%; rating input score 55

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.4%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.51; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -18.7% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 54% of revenue deployed · 54.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $57K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 54/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 55/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.