Western Pediatric Surgery Research Consortium Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 920298366
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 8015576295
- Rating
- 56
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $110,000
- Expenses
- $70,525
- Assets
- $162,195
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- BENJAMIN PADILLA (PRESIDENT/DIREC)
People named in this filing
- DANIEL OSTLIE (Director)
- SAMIR PANDYA (TREASURER/DIREC)
- BENJAMIN PADILLA (PRESIDENT/DIREC)
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
To improve pediatric surgical care through collaborative clinical research.
What it reported doing in 2025
WPSRC is a multi-institutional surgical collaborative committed to advancing the care of infants and children through contemporary evidence-based research. Provide grants to surgical trainees performing impactful surgical research on the care of infants and children. In the last FY, WPSRC provided one major grant to a trainee in Utah and supported the travel expenses of another trainee from UC San Diego. The collaborative efforts of these trainees resulted in 4 scientific publications in impactful journals, 12 scientific presentations at annual meetings of pediatric surgeons around the country. It is impossible to determine the exact number of people who benefited. The average attendance of the annual meetings is 1500 surgeons, and the average readership of the journals is around 5000. Each of these surgeons may treat 1000s of children annually. We feel that our work is directly benefiting our grant recipient and the children. It is indirectly benefiting the surgeons who learn the results of our work.In addition to this, there are 8 active projects and 5 more presentations scheduled and 3 more publications in progress.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 34
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 72
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 54.5%; rating input score 55
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 35.9%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.3; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 31.3% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 54.5% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 55/100.