Orthotalk Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262699446
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Dallas, TX, USA
- Phone
- 4696745074
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $308,459
- Expenses
- $276,178
- Assets
- $74,647
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Don Buford (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Don Buford (President): $20,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Orthotalk, Inc. is organized and operated exclusively for educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3). The organization advances the quality of musculoskeletal care by providing accredited continuing medical education to physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and other licensed clinicians in diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and interventional orthobiologics. Instruction is delivered through intensive multi-day courses combining didactic lectures with supervised hands-on live-scanning and injection laboratories taught by practicing physician faculty. Courses are CME-accredited through an independent accrediting partner and are open to all qualified clinicians.
What it reported doing in 2025
Continuing medical education courses. During 2025 the organization conducted two live continuing medical education courses in Las Vegas, Nevada, in January and July, at Resorts World Las Vegas. The courses trained approximately 100 practicing physicians and other licensed clinicians in diagnostic musculoskeletal ultrasound and ultrasound-guided orthobiologic procedures, combining lecture instruction with supervised hands-on scanning and injection laboratories. The courses were accredited for continuing medical education credit. This is the organization's sole program service activity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 80
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.1%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.5%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.1% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $266K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $20K · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2016 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.