University of Alabama Medical Alumni Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 630798749
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Birmingham, AL, USA
- Phone
- 2059344463
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Alumni Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $235,131
- Expenses
- $199,210
- Assets
- $2,015,129
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- P Michael Caruso MD (Past President (term ends Feb 2026))
- John Donald Kirby MD (District Vice President)
- Anne Bruns Davis MD (District Vice President)
- F Calame Sammons MD (District Vice President)
- Kirby I Bland MD (District Vice President)
- Theodis Buggs Jr MD (District Vice President)
People named in this filing
- P Michael Caruso MD (Past President (term ends Feb 2026))
- Bridget Cobb MD (Secretary/Treasurer)
- John Donald Kirby MD (District Vice President)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advance the art and science of medicine and to enhance the lives of all graduates by: fostering a collegial atmosphere among students, alumni, and faculty through publications and forums that present new medical knowledge, elicit discussion among physicians and medical students, and keep members informed of one another's professional activities; cooperating with The University of Alabama School of Medicine to achieve its highest goals as an institution of learning and as part of a teaching hospital; encouraging medical students to aspire to the highest ethical, professional, educational, and clincial standards, as well as to maintain the integrity of the physician/patient relationship; striving always for excellence in patient care and medical training; ensuring that funding be sustained, indeed increased, for medical training and research vital to the future of the medical profession.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Association benefits the students of the University of Alabama School of Medicine by supporting and hosting several student events. The Association provides students with the opportunity to interact with other students as well as network with alumni. The Association hosts many students events throughout the school year like pre-exam breakfasts, happy hours, lunch and learns and more. The Association recently renovated a student lounge to provide medical students an area to gather and study.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 82% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 61
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 76
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.4%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 65.4%; rating input score 65
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.3%; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.12; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.5% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 1 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 71.4% of revenue deployed · 65.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $130K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 18 people listed
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.