Pediatric Nursing Certification Board

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510188378
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Rockville, MD, USA
Phone
3013302921
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,601,840
Expenses
$9,008,631
Assets
$43,864,278
Liabilities
$1,313,574

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

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SHERI SESAY-TUFFOUR PHD CAE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SHERI SESAY-TUFFOUR PHD CAE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $525,651 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN HURLEY (CFOO THRU OCTOBER '24): $305,774 total reported compensation
  • LILLIAN FOERSTER (CHIEF CREDENTIAL OFFICER): $233,853 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pncb promotes optimal outcomes in global pediatric health by providing credentialing services that validate specialized knowledge and continuing competence in pediatric care.

What it reported doing in 2024

Advanced practice certification programs - pncb administers advanced practice certification programs and annual recertification for pediatric nurse practitioners in both primary care and acute care settings. These programs validate specialized clinical knowledge and competencies essential to delivering high-quality care to pediatric populations. During the year, pncb continued to support a highly qualified pediatric workforce by maintaining rigorous exam development, psychometric validation, and recertification processes that ensure continued competence. These certifications play a critical role in strengthening workforce readiness, supporting clinical excellence, and improving patient outcomes across healthcare settings. Pncb's advanced practice certifications are widely recognized by employers, healthcare systems, and regulatory bodies as a trusted standard of pediatric nursing expertise.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 87% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

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: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 5 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 83
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 99.8%; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th 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: 22.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.87; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.6%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.8% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $526K · 20 people listed · 5 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.