NOVA ScriptsCentral
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 651275162
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Falls Church, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7035320269
- Rating
- 90
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Emergency Assistance
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $4,363,787
- Expenses
- $4,222,614
- Assets
- $2,067,435
- Liabilities
- $76,842
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Donney John (Executive Director)
Highest reported compensation
- Donney John (Executive Director): $128,462 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
NOVA ScriptsCentral, Inc is a charitable pharmacy that provides life saving medicines and health services to uninsured and underinsured community members living in Northern Virginia.
What it reported doing in 2025
MEDICATION ACCESS: NSC procures discounted or donated medication from our pharmaceutical and nonprofit partners. We then fill and ship all prescriptions directly to one of our 16 safety-net clinic partners where patients can pick them up. EDUCATE BEFORE YOU MEDICATE: NSC partners with clinics, faith-based nonprofits, and other local groups to host health literacy workshops across Northern Virginia. Our culturally competent programs are developed by NSCs talented, multilingual team. We provide health education to children, seniors, and adults. PROVIDING ACCESS TO VACCINATIONS FOR EVERYONE(PAVE): NSC partners with Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and the George Mason Universitys MAP Clinic to provide free vaccines and health consultations to children from low-income immigrant families. This program helps children meet the school-based entry requirements for K-12 students from immigrant families. MEDICATION SOS: This program helps medical providers navigate prescription coverage for Medicaid and find alternative medications of a medication is not covered. MEDHELP: This program helps individuals identify safe, affordable options to get their medications. SAFETY NET HEALTH EQUITY FELLOWSHIP: The Fellowship provides an unparalleled opportunity for pharmacists to gain hands-on experience working with diverse uninsured patient populations, delivering culturally competent care, and advocating for increasing equitable access to care. PHARMACIST COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR PROGRAM: Through this program, NSC trains pharmacists to serve as culturally competent community health educators on topics including influenza, lupus, and diabetes treatment and prevention. This program reaches pharmacists nationwide.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 85% of its reported program spending out as 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.1%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 90%; rating input score 90
- Fundraising efficiency: $38.2 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 74; 74th 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; 75th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.2%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.49; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.1% of revenue deployed · 90% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $3.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.