Uniting Against Lung Cancer

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
134195464
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2014
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2125881280
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Health

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,947,847
Expenses
$2,636,923
Assets
$2,267,497
Liabilities
$906,037

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARY ANN TIGHE (President)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANASTASIA HAGAN (exdir til 12/01): $127,819 total reported compensation
  • LINDA WENGER (ex dir til 4/14): $62,366 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Uniting Against Lung Cancer primarily funds scientific research into the causes, diagnosis and treatment of lung cancer, including in never smokers, while also raising awareness of the disease and need for research.

What it reported doing in 2014

Research Grants: In FY2015, UALC awarded twelve (12) two-year lung cancer research grants to awardees at leading research centers across the country totaling $1,200,000. UALC also partnered with other organizations, Free to Breathe and the American Lung Association, to fund the 2014 Impact Award in collaboration with the Department of Defense. The DoD budget for lung cancer research suffered from significant cuts due to sequestration, severely limiting the agencys ability to fund top quality lung cancer research. The joint effort committed support of $384,740 to fund top-quality research that would otherwise go unfunded.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 69% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.5%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.83 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 65th 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: 10.5%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.86; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.4; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.5% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $128K · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2013 to 2014
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 48/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 32/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.