The Radiosurgery Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364628768
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Phone
4083859411
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,182,529
Expenses
$1,102,860
Assets
$2,081,568
Liabilities
$68,951

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOANNE DAVIS PhD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • BEREND SLOTMAN MD PHD (PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD)
  • JOHN J KRESL MD PHD (PRESIDENT ELECT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOANNE DAVIS PhD (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $160,555 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 Radiosurgery Society is a multi-disciplinary non-profit organization, consisting of surgeons, radiation oncologists, physicists, and allied health professionals, who are dedicated to advancing the science and clinical practice of SRS, SBRT and advancing therapies. ..

What it reported doing in 2024

RESEARCH PROGRAMS - 1. RSSearch Patient Registry Publications. Online, multi-platform database dedicated to the collection of screening, treatment and follow-up data from patients treated with SRS, SBRT and advancing therapies. 2. RSS Online Journal . The RSS manages the content of a channel within the Cureus Journal of Medical Science (www.cureus.com). We coordinate the peer-review submission process, solicit manuscripts for publication and publish accepted abstracts from the RSS Scientific Meetings. The RSS also works with the Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 3. GRID, LATTICE, FLASH and Microbeam Working Group. RSS members and experts in GRID, LATTICE, FLASH and Microbeam meet monthly to address the clinical and scientific facets of these therapies with a goal of conducting research to advance clinical treatments for patients. 4. Functional Radiosurgery Working Group. RSS members, physicians, medical physicists and health care providers specializing in functional radiosurgery meet monthly to develop educational and training programs to advance clinical treatments for patients with functional diseases. 5. Website. Host information about and provide access to all RSS programs, resources and events. 6. Neurosurgery Committee - RSS members and experts in the field of neurosurgery meet monthly to address the clinical and technical aspects of stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) with the goal of developing educational and training programs to advance clinical treatments for patients treated with SRS.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 90
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 74%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6.7%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.89; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 14.6%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 74% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $816K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $161K · 13 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.