Aerodigestive Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 823979285
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Gig Harbor, WA, USA
- Phone
- 8774605880
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $96,636
- Expenses
- $101,680
- Assets
- $101,713
- Liabilities
- $23,473
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LYNDY WILCOX (PRESIDENT)
- DANA WILLIAMS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KARA LARSON (PRESIDENT ELECT)
- MATT BRIGGER (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- LYNDY WILCOX (PRESIDENT)
- DANA WILLIAMS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- KARA LARSON (PRESIDENT ELECT)
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 promote, educate, and advocate for the needs of the aerodigestive patient and the pediatric aerodigestive caregivers, other medical, governmental, institutional and health care organizations and governing bodies, as well as to the public.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization provide an annual conference that convenes hundreds of health professionals across disciplines and continents to be achieve the following:- identify and diagnose complex aerodigestive conditions through integrated approaches.- implement coordinated treatment plans that involve otolaryngology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, pediatric surgery, speech-language pathology, nutrition, and advanced practice providers.- evaluate the latest research and evidence-based practices in the management of aerodigestive disorders.- apply innovative therapeutic strategies and interventions to improve patient outcomes.- facilitate effective communication and care coordination among diverse healthcare teams to optimize patient-centered care.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - 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: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.8%; rating input score 73
- Program expense ratio: 69.2%; rating input score 69
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -5.2%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.23; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 76.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 19.7% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.8% of revenue deployed · 69.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $70K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.