Nri Medical Research Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
201790143
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Fargo, ND, USA
Phone
7012931335
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$22,791,596
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSS CROSBY PHD (VICE PRESIDENT FOR RESEARC)
  • BRIAN PETERSON (VICE PRESIDENT FOR ADMINIS)
  • STEPHEN WONDERLICH PHD (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • HARRIETTE MCCAUL PHD (CHAIR)
  • SANDRA HOLBROOK PHD (SECRETARY)
  • TRACEE BUETHNER (TREASURER)

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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Supporting organization for neuropsychiatric research institute.

What it reported doing in 2018

Nri medical research foundation is a non-profit organization for charitable, scientific and educational purposes. This corporation uses its resources to support medical research in the neurosciences, by providing support to sanford research north (formerly neuropsychiatric research institute). Assets were transferred to sanford health foundation north on 7/1/18. See schedules i and n.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • 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: 68.3% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 13.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.