The Cir Policy and Education Initiative

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
710998514
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Long Island City, NY, USA
Phone
2123568100
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Health - General and Rehabilitative N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$34,664
Assets
$104,514
Liabilities
$106,701

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN NARANJO (DIRECTOR): $335,133 total reported compensation
  • TAYLOR WALKER (DIRECTOR): $182,527 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To educate physicians, other health care professionals and the general public about ways to increase access to health care, to improve the safety and quality of that care and to highlight the role that resident physicians play in our health care system. Pei leadership and stakeholders are committed to contributing to the change we are seeking. We at pei believe that, with intentional action, we will see: a transformation to a safer, high-quality, affordable, accessible, just and patient-centered healthcare system where insightful and humble doctors work together with patients, families, other health care providers and communities to drive change; and develop a new paradigm of service, professionalism and leadership.

What it reported doing in 2024

The cir policy & education initiative works to provide resident physicians, faculty, and teaching hospital employers with the expertise, resources, and support necessary to improve patient safety, quality of care, and resident engagement with the communities they serve. We aim to identify and foster novel solutions to the education and training of new generations of physicians. Cir-pei also offers opportunities for residents to share their work with residents across the country via qi gateway at www.qigateway.org. We have a special interest in developing resident physician leaders in safety and quality who will go on to teach others and lead the way in transforming health care in the u.s.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.02; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 320.8%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -26.1% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $335K · 3 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.