The Caduceus Club

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
631255287
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Birmingham, AL, USA
Phone
2055165993
Rating
68
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,707
Expenses
$16,470
Assets
$361,032
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Richard D DeShazo MD (President)

People named in this filing

  • Cynthia H Brown MD (Director)
  • Stewart Waddell MD (Director)
  • George C Smith MD (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Caduceus Club is an organization established "for the improvement of the general health and welfare of people through contributions made for the advancement of medical education, research, and service carried out by the University of Alabama School of Medicine."

What it reported doing in 2024

The Caduceus Club established the Student Travel Fellowship to provide unique study opportunities for selected medical students. Qualified medical students are encouraged to apply for these fellowships which provide transportation costs for pursuing the approved training program. The Caduceus Club, recognizing that training programs at other institutions in this country and abroad can contribute significantly to the development of health services in Alabama, wished to aid and encourage the University of Alabama School of Medicine students to seek such experiences. These experiences are expected to broaden the student's perspectives as physicians.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 56
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.9%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 39.1%; rating input score 39

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 21.92; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.6% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.9% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.9% of revenue deployed · 39.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $6K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.