← UNITED COUNCIL FOR NEUROLOGIC SUBSPECIALTIES

Form 990 for tax year 2025

Filed by UNITED COUNCIL FOR NEUROLOGIC SUBSPECIALTIES.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,395,441
Total expenses: $1,211,476
Contributions and grants received: $7,500
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $1,240,330
Investment income: $146,906
Other revenue: $705
Total assets, end of year: $4,230,611
Total liabilities, end of year: $445,035
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $3,785,576
Program services expenses (Part IX): $0
Management and general expenses: $0
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $0

Program services were 0.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

1a · Federated campaigns

$0
1b · Membership dues

$0
1c · Fundraising events

$0
1d · Related organizations

$0
1e · Government grants (contributions)

$0
1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

$7,500
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2a · Program service revenue: Accreditation Fees

total $524,000 · related or exempt $524,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue: Initial Exam Fees

total $216,030 · related or exempt $216,030 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue: Continuing Certification Fees

total $491,300 · related or exempt $491,300 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2d · Program service revenue: Subspecialty Sponsor Organization Fees

total $9,000 · related or exempt $9,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2f · All other program service revenue

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
3 · Investment income

total $141,307 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $141,307
4 · Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
5 · Royalties

total $0 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
6c · Rental income or loss

real property $0 · personal property $0
7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

securities $73,920 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $68,321 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities $5,599 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total $5,599 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $5,599
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11d · All other revenue

total $705 · related or exempt $705 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
11e · Other revenue, total

$705

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $232,674
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $389,059
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $37,976
9 · Other employee benefits

total $53,482
10 · Payroll taxes

total $44,190
11a · Fees: management

total $45,540
11c · Fees: accounting

total $77,843
11f · Fees: investment management

total $833
11g · Fees: other

total $53,723
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $850
13 · Office expenses

total $9,138
14 · Information technology

total $85,867
16 · Occupancy

total $35,820
17 · Travel

total $44,693
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $21,491
23 · Insurance

total $12,931
24a · Other expenses: Bank & Credit Card Fees

total $65,366

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $126,521 · end of year $141,113
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $1,993,473 · end of year $2,124,166
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $24,925 · end of year $31,675
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $22,562 · end of year $14,232
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $1,666,462 · end of year $1,919,425
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $182,082 · end of year $194,975
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $237,000 · end of year $250,060
25 · Other liabilities

beginning of year $0 · end of year $0
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,323,108 · end of year $3,693,823
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $91,753 · end of year $91,753

Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

To promote high quality patient-centered care through accreditation of training programs and certification of physicians in neurologic subspecialties.

Activities or mission (Part I)

The mission of the UCNS is to promote high quality patient-centered care through accreditation of training programs and certification of physicians in neurologic subspecialties.

CONTINUING CERTIFICATION: UCNS continuous certification (C-cert) provides diplomates with a relevant, effective, timely, and convenient way to meet the needs of lifelong learning and self-assessment. UCNS diplomates maintain their certification by meeting annual C-cert requirements. Diplomates must possess an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine, be a diplomate in good standing of the ABMS, AOA, or RCPSC, pay the annual C-cert administrative fee, read annual designated subspecialty journal articles, and pass an annual online knowledge assessment quiz.
INITIAL CERTIFICATION:UCNS offers high-stakes certification examinations for nine neurologic subspecialties. Physicians who pass their respective subspecialty certification examination demonstrate their competence in their chosen neurology specialty and commit to lifelong learning to provide quality patient care. The certification process is overseen by the Certification Council, a standing committee reporting to the UCNS Board of Directors. In 2025, certification examinations were offered for the neurologic subspecialties of Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology, Neurocritical Care, and Neuro-oncology. As of the end of 2025 there are 3,362 UCNS-certified physicians.
ACCREDITATION:UCNS-accredited programs demonstrate that they meet the standards of graduate medical education excellence set by the UCNS and the subspecialty experts of each of the UCNS-recognized subspecialties. The peer-reviewed accreditation process is overseen by the Accreditation Council, a standing committee reporting to the UCNS Board of Directors. As of the end of 2025, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) has 259 accredited fellowship programs in ten subspecialties.

As filed on the 2025 return.

Listed in Part VII

Brenda Riggott

Executive Director

Total calculated

$232,674

From this org

$203,715

From related orgs

$0

Other

$28,959

Hours/week

42

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$177,847

Bonus

$24,432

Other

$1,437

Deferred

$18,880

Nontaxable benefits

$10,079

Filer's total

$232,675
Amanda Carpenter

Senior Accreditation Manager

Total calculated

$123,337

From this org

$103,378

From related orgs

$0

Other

$19,959

Hours/week

41
Todd Bulson

Senior Certification Manager

Total calculated

$120,403

From this org

$100,674

From related orgs

$0

Other

$19,729

Hours/week

42
Salvador Cruz-Flores MD MPH

Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Margie A Ream MD PhD

Vice Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Sayona John MD

Secretary/Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Sonia Partap MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Saddharth Kapoor MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Tahseen Mozaffar MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Phioanh Leia Nghiemphu MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Gustavo Rodriguez MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Michel T Torbey MD MPH

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

None.

Answered no

4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement

The filer's explanations (Part III)

Schedule J, Part I, Line 3: UCNS shares employees with American Academy of Neurology (AAN) through a contractual arrangement by which AAN's employees are leased to UCNS. This arrangement included the UCNS Executive Director being leased through AAN. The UCNS Board of Directors is responsible for hiring and setting the compensation for the Executive Director. The Board employs procedures (use of independent consultant, compensation survey and no involvement of persons with conflicts of interests).

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2025
Filed: 21 September 2026
IRS schema version: 2025v4.0
Source object: 202602649349301840

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