Spina Bifida Association of Alabama
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 630768768
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2023
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2023
- Location
- Gadsden, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2566171414
- Rating
- 88
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $73,519
- Expenses
- $98,648
- Assets
- $36,874
- Liabilities
- $5,670
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CAMERON PATE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- MARGARET GOOLSBY (CHAIR)
- SARAH WILLIAMS (SECRETARY)
- SHARON BRASHER (TREASURER)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To inform, support, and enhance the lives of people in Alabama affected by spina bifida
What it reported doing in 2023
Support and support groups: enriching the lives of alabamaians affected by spina bifida through community support, retreats & camps, and education
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 90
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 99.2%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -34.2%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.37; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 99.2% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2023
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.