Ncire

Legal name: Northern California Institute for Research and Education Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943084159
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Francisco, CA, US
Phone
(415) 750-6954
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$69,153,222
Expenses
$69,514,782
Assets
$20,549,356
Liabilities
$10,384,106

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • REBECCA ROSALES (CEO/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRUCE OVBIAGELE MD MSC MAS MBA M (DIRECTOR): $484,108 total reported compensation
  • MICHAEL WEINER (PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR): $436,424 total reported compensation
  • HUBERT T KIM MD PHD (VICE CHAIR): $393,181 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 the research and educational activities of the staff of the San Francisco VA Health Care System.

What it reported doing in 2024

The northern California institute for research and education, inc. ("ncire") is a research institute affiliated with the u.s. Department of veterans affairs ("va") in san francisco, California and the university of California at san francisco. Ncire works with sponsors and the u.s. Department of veterans affairs in administering contributions for conducting research to find new and improved ways to combat human disease and to help people with disabilities. The research administered by ncire is va-approved research, conducted at va facilities. Ncire was established under title 38, subchapter iv, subsections 7361-7366 and is subject to department of veterans affairs handbook 1200 17. Under title 38, subsection 7363, ncire's board of directors currently includes members who serve by virtue of their statutory positions within the san francisco veterans affairs health care system. They are the medical center director, chief of staff, and the associate chief of staff for research, in addition to several principal investigators of the san francisco veterans affairs health care system.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 89% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 22
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.9%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 27.8%; rating input score 28; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 3.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 84.9% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 18 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $484K · 29 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 34/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.