University at Buffalo Neurosurgery Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
030445678
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Williamsville, NY, USA
Phone
7162181030
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Hospitals and Related Primary Medical Care Facilities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,194,274
Expenses
$55,075,230
Assets
$32,751,430
Liabilities
$16,637,503

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ELAD LEVY MD (PRESIDENT)
  • DOUGLAS MORELAND MD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MICHAEL COURNYEA (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ELAD LEVY MD (PRESIDENT): $2,806,322 total reported compensation
  • ADNAN SIDDIQUI MD (DIRECTOR): $1,985,371 total reported compensation
  • JASON DAVIES MD (DIRECTOR): $1,882,984 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

University at buffalo neurosurgery, inc. Is an academic neurosurgical group committed to excellence in patient care, research, and education. Our mission is to develop and implement sound strategies that focus on quality medical services, strong academic performance and innovative research by fostering relationships with the jacobs school of medicine at the state university of New York at buffalo.

What it reported doing in 2025

Supporting the educational mission of the department of neurosurgery of suny at buffalo through clinical instruction, supervision of students, interns, and residents of the school and by providing clinical neurosurgical services to the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 99% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 82
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.2%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 92.9%; rating input score 93
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 2%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.59; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 42.9%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.2% of revenue deployed · 92.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51.2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $2.8M · 32 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $961K reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 33 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 32 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 41/100.