The Georgia Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 581164164
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4048815020
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,507,427
- Expenses
- $2,000,320
- Assets
- $5,665,860
- Liabilities
- $218,727
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NICOLA CHIN MD (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- RICHARD WARD (EXECUTIVE DI): $214,073 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The Georgia chapter of the american academy of pediatrics is a non-profit organization with the following mission: a. To improve the health & welfare of infants, children & adolescents in Georgia; b. To study the scientific, educational; and economic aspects of medicine to secure and maintain the highest standards of pediatric care; c. To unite qualified pediatricians of the state into a representative organization for the advancement of the practice of pediatrics; d. To promote excellence in pediatric care by organizing programs of post-graduate education; and e. To further the policies and objectives of the american academy of pediatrics at the state level.
What it reported doing in 2024
Public health program & newborn screening: to provide education to physicians and their office staff on current information on newborn metabolic and hearing screening and related services; and on developmental screening and services available via the public health departments to assist in the care of children with such conditions as needed
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 63% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.8%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 79.9%; rating input score 80
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th 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; 63rd 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: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 20.2%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.83; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.7%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.8% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.8% of revenue deployed · 79.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $214K · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 28/100.