← UNITED COUNCIL FOR NEUROLOGIC SUBSPECIALTIES

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by UNITED COUNCIL FOR NEUROLOGIC SUBSPECIALTIES.

Totals

Total revenue: $1,335,621
Total expenses: $1,086,580
Contributions and grants received: $8,623
Grants paid: $0
Program service revenue: $1,218,510
Investment income: $107,954
Other revenue: $534
Total assets, end of year: $3,267,286
Total liabilities, end of year: $423,287
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $2,843,999
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

$8,623
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$0
2a · Program service revenue: Accreditation Fees

total $490,000 · related or exempt $490,000 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2b · Program service revenue: Initial Exam Fees

total $227,260 · related or exempt $227,260 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2c · Program service revenue: Continuing Certification Fees

total $491,250 · related or exempt $491,250 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $0
2d · Program service revenue: Subspecialty Sponsor Organization Fees

total $10,000 · related or exempt $10,000 · 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 $109,545 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $109,545
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 $227,238 · other assets $0
7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

securities $228,829 · other assets $0
7c · Gain or loss

securities -$1,591 · other assets $0
7d · Net gain or loss

total -$1,591 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded -$1,591
8a · Fundraising events: contributions included on line 1c

$0
11d · All other revenue

total $534 · related or exempt $0 · unrelated business $0 · excluded $534
11e · Other revenue, total

$534

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

1 · Grants to domestic organizations and governments

total $0
2 · Grants to domestic individuals

total $0
3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $0
4 · Benefits paid to or for members

total $0
5 · Compensation of officers, directors and key employees

total $211,798
6 · Compensation of disqualified persons

total $0
7 · Other salaries and wages

total $366,956
8 · Pension plan contributions

total $36,947
9 · Other employee benefits

total $43,194
10 · Payroll taxes

total $39,992
11a · Fees: management

total $41,304
11c · Fees: accounting

total $69,351
11f · Fees: investment management

total $441
11g · Fees: other

total $43,685
12 · Advertising and promotion

total $412
13 · Office expenses

total $4,507
14 · Information technology

total $95,864
15 · Royalties

total $0
16 · Occupancy

total $32,496
17 · Travel

total $19,729
18 · Travel or entertainment for public officials

total $0
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $16,557
20 · Interest

total $0
21 · Payments to affiliates

total $0
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $535
23 · Insurance

total $13,579
24a · Other expenses: Bank & Credit Card Fees

total $48,733
24e · All other expenses

total $500

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $130,945 · end of year $212,496
2 · Savings and temporary cash investments

beginning of year $1,819,387 · end of year $1,508,386
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $80,298 · end of year $49,375
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $7,282 · end of year $6,424
10a · Land, buildings and equipment: cost or other basis

$179,238
10b · Land, buildings and equipment: accumulated depreciation

$179,238
10c · Land, buildings and equipment, net

beginning of year $535 · end of year $0
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $882,145 · end of year $1,490,605
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $206,999 · end of year $184,187
18 · Grants payable

beginning of year $0
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $233,140 · end of year $239,100
20 · Tax-exempt bond liabilities

beginning of year $0
21 · Escrow or custodial account liability

beginning of year $0
22 · Loans and payables to officers and key people

beginning of year $0
23 · Secured mortgages and notes payable

beginning of year $0
24 · Unsecured notes and loans payable

beginning of year $0
25 · Other liabilities

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

beginning of year $2,388,700 · end of year $2,752,246
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

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

Mission and programs · 2023

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.

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 2023, United Council for Neurologic Subspecialties (UCNS) has 242 accredited fellowship programs in ten subspecialties.
INITIAL CERTIFICATION:UCNS offers high-stakes certification examinations for nine neurologic subspecialties. Physicians through this certification process demonstrate that they meet the standards of 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. In 2023, certification examinations were offered for the neurologic subspecialties of Neuroimaging, Neuro-Oncology, Clinical Neuromuscular Pathology and Neurocritical Care. As of the end of 2023 there are 3,130 UCNS-certified physicians.
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.

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Brenda Riggott

Executive Director

Total calculated

$211,798

From this org

$186,803

From related orgs

$0

Other

$24,995

Hours/week

44

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$161,456

Bonus

$23,746

Other

$1,601

Deferred

$17,607

Nontaxable benefits

$7,388

Filer's total

$211,798
Lawrence R Wechsler MD

Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Salvador Cruz-Flores MD MPH

Vice Chair

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Margie A Ream MD PhD

Secretary/Treasurer

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
C Alan Anderson MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Nancy Bass MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Angela Hays-Shapshak MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Amanda Peltier

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Amy Sanders MD

Director

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

0.5
Amaal J Starling MD

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

3 · Compensation committee
3 · Independent compensation consultant
3 · Compensation survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

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) and last set compensation amounts in 2023.

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: 2023
Filed: 30 September 2024
IRS schema version: 2023v5.0
Source object: 202442749349301284

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