South Carolina Pharmaceutical Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 570474593
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Columbia, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8033549977
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $796,589
- Expenses
- $732,313
- Assets
- $2,078,007
- Liabilities
- $207,930
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brian Clark (CEO)
- Anthony Declue (President Elect)
- Whitney Pence (President)
Highest reported compensation
- Brian Clark (CEO): $149,002 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve its members, enabling them to advance the practice and science of pharmacy.
What it reported doing in 2025
First accomplishment member engagement - scpha is here to serve all professionals in the industry of pharmacy. We provide networking opportunities throughout the year to give pharmacists, technicians, and students the opportunity to connect with others in their field. Our networking events have led to many job offers and opportunities for personal and professional growth. The palmetto pharmacist is our triannual journal that includes articles about hot topics in pharmacy, announcements about upcoming events and ce opportunities, and updates on what is happening in other pharmacies across the state. Small doses is our weekly newsletter that is sent via email to members industry updates on tuesday and scpha news on friday. Memberscan sign up for rxalert to receive important alerts regarding prescriptionfraud and pharmacy safety - rxalert can be received by email or by fax.members have access to special programs and information from pharmacistsmutual. Scpha is pleased to assist with any pharmacy law questions thatmembers may have. Members can submit their questions via a secure form andour attorney will then follow up to answer the questions or determine thenext steps.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 57.3%; rating input score 57
- Program expense ratio: 69.9%; rating input score 70
- Fundraising efficiency: $5.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- 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: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 8.1%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.84; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.3%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 57.3% of revenue deployed · 69.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $512K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $149K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 19/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Audit committee oversight not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.