Parkinson's Action Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
943172675
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026384101
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nerve, Muscle and Bone Diseases

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,678,499
Expenses
$1,652,997
Assets
$823,796
Liabilities
$84,425

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMY COMSTOCK RICK (CEO (JAN - AUGUST))
  • THEODORE THOMPSON (CEO (SEPT - DEC))
  • HAYLEY CARPENTER (DEPUTY CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • AMY COMSTOCK RICK (CEO (JAN - AUGUST)): $202,358 total reported compensation
  • CHRISTOPHER VANCE (DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT): $113,289 total reported compensation
  • HAYLEY CARPENTER (DEPUTY CEO): $103,336 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We are the unified voice of the parkinson's community advocating for better treatments and a cure. In partnership with other parkinson's organizations and our powerful grassroots network, we educate the public and government leaders on better policies for research and an improved quality of life for people living with parkinson's.

What it reported doing in 2014

Public education and government relations - informed the congress, national institutes of health, department of defense and other agencies of the need for the fastest possible cure and the ways in which the congress and federal agencies affect that goal. Worked through local and national media to bring to the public's attention the impact of parkinson's and the need for a speedy cure.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.5%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 75.6%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.67 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99%; rating input score 99; 43rd 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; 64th 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: 1.5%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.5; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 29.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -25.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.8% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.5% of revenue deployed · 75.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $202K · 26 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 37 of 37 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 40/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.