Robarts Research Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

10 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Robarts Clinical Trials Research Group is a centre for academic excellence for conducting mult-centre clinical trials.

Administration of clinical trials

Revenue model: Other-operating. 90% 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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -58%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: 6.4%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $365K · 10 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 38 of 38 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and executive pay
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.

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

High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.