ITxM Legacy

Legal name: The Subsidiaries of the Institute for Transfusion Medicine

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
900593925
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2019
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2019
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
4122097300
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Blood Supply Related

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$181,317,847
Expenses
$159,075,098
Assets
$151,126,881
Liabilities
$6,011,077

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

20 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHARLES WILCOX III (DIVISION PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID GREEN (DIRECTOR): $787,158 total reported compensation
  • RALPH VASSALLO MD (HCWP DIRECTOR): $503,038 total reported compensation
  • BHAVI SHAH (GENERAL COUNSEL/ASST SECRETARY): $460,113 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Itxm's mission is to provide best in class blood products and clinical services to meet the needs of the healthcare community, patients and our donors through advanced transfusion medicine practices. Itxm's vision is to be the premier provider of blood transfusion practices by delivering innovative industry leading solutions that ensure the highest quality products and services, operating efficiencies, donor satisfaction and improved patient care resulting in the achievement of our mission. Itxm's mission and vision are supported by our values of stewardship, integrity, accountability, respect, excellence and innovation.

What it reported doing in 2019

The hemophilia center of western Pennsylvania provides medical services to persons with congenital bleeding and clotting disorders and works to develop and support educational, research and therapeutic services. They operate a 340b drug distribution program which provides funds to support personnel, perform outreach clinics, enhance communication via web site and brochures, improve business operations and clinical care through the implementaion of electronic medical records, support other 501(c)(3) organizations that provide education and camp opportunities for patients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 83.9%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 25th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 70.6%; rating input score 71; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 12.3%; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0.3%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.3% per year; rating input score 100; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 83.9% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 17 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $155.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $787K · 20 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 10 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2009 to 2019
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 11 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.