National Quality Forum

Analysis

National Quality Forum is a registered charity in United States, based in Oakbrook Ter, IL. It received its IRS tax-exemption ruling in October 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover health care, which this site groups under health and saving lives. The IRS classifies it as a publicly supported organisation (donations from the general public) under section 501(c)(3), and contributions to it are listed as tax-deductible.

In the financial year ending December 2023, National Quality Forum reported income of $9.4m and spending of $15.9m, spending 169% of what it took in. Across the 6 years on record, from December 2018 to December 2023, income fell from $19.3m to $9.4m (-52%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 40,470 United States charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, National Quality Forum sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in United States with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile, and in the 95th percentile within IL. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pineville Community Health Center Inc ($9.4m), Cocaine and Alcohol Awareness Program Inc ($9.4m) and Mighty Oaks Foundation ($9.4m).

On its Form 990 for the period ending December 2023, revenue came from contributions and grants 89% and program service revenue 4.2% of the total. Compensation of current officers, directors and key employees was $3.0m (19% of expenses). Other salaries and wages came to $4.0m. At year end it held assets of $33.7m against liabilities of $22.7m, net assets of $11.1m. It reported 107 employees.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.