Vaccine Ambassadors
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 473813673
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Durham, NC, USA
- Phone
- 9196197766
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Public Health Program (Includes General Health and Wellness Promotion Services)
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $45,978
- Expenses
- $83,870
- Assets
- $67,320
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- ALISON MACLENNAN (CHAIR)
- JACKIE KAUFMAN (SECRETARY/EXECUTIVE DIRECT)
- SANDY WILLS (VICE CHAIR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Increase access to life-saving vaccines in low and middle-income countries. Increase access and uptake of vaccines in the us through advocacy and immunization support.
What it reported doing in 2025
We continue expanding state and national efforts to ensure equitable access to adult vaccines by partnering with community-based organizations. In the u.s., 75% of adults are missing one or more recommended vaccines, highlighting the critical need for programs that improve access.key initiatives include:1. Nc free and charitable clinics partnership (concluded): piloted in-clinic vaccination services for uninsured populations, helping individuals who otherwise had no options to receive this essential healthcare service. Through this initiative, 120 uninsured people received the tdap vaccine, and the pilot assessed how vaccination services could be integrated into clinic operations.2. Community immunity: 3rd annual in-home vaccinations pilot: increasing access for meals on wheels clients, most of whom are elderly with chronic health conditions, by delivering vaccines directly to their homes. This pilot protects a vulnerable population and provides a model for other meals on wheels programs to implement similar services.these projects demonstrate our ongoing commitment to public health, vaccine equity, and reducing barriers to essential immunizations, protecting both individuals and communities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -82.4%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.8; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $82K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.