North Carolina Stroke Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
562088041
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Winstonsalem, NC, USA
Phone
3367135052
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Heart and Circulatory System Diseases, Disorders

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,500
Expenses
$4,682
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY ELIZABETH PARKS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CHARLES TEGELER MD (PRESIDENT)
  • JAY T BRILEY (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MARY ELIZABETH PARKS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • CHARLES TEGELER MD (PRESIDENT)
  • JAY T BRILEY (VICE 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. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Conducting programs for stroke prevention and educational outreach

What it reported doing in 2019

Stroke risk identification program: 1. Provides evidenced-based and standardized screening protocol for community stroke risk screenings 2. Identifies individuals who are at high risk for stroke 3. Reviews and counsels participants on screening results 4. Provides participants with identified community medical resources for intervention treatment 5. Provides outcome screening data to hospitals that include high risk participant screening results and contact information for hospitals to follow-upbeyond the hospital program: 1. Educates inpatients on secondary stroke prevention and on post -stroke issues 2. Provides education manual for interdisciplinary patient education, according to individual treatment assessments 3. Provides three-month follow-up interview using evidenced based criteria in stroke prevention to measure education effectiveness and equality outcomes 4. Provides objective outcomes that includes patient medication compliance, on re-hospitalization, and on patient level of stroke disability 5. Provides construct for any hospital to implement quality improvement and improve stroke care in North Carolina 6. Provides each hospital with profile and outcomes reports

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 57.9%; rating input score 58
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -212.1%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -17.1% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -74.3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -81.6% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 57.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2019
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.