American Industrial Hygiene Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 341320720
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Falls Church, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7038498888
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $603,783
- Expenses
- $338,321
- Assets
- $5,655,981
- Liabilities
- $34,618
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- NICOLE MH GREESON MS CIH (PRESIDENT)
- BRADLEY S KING PHD MPH CIH (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- DONNA S HEIDEL CIH (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT (TO MAY '24))
- DINA M SIEGEL CIH CSP CBSP FAIHA (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
- NANCY M MCCLELLAN MPH CIH CHMM (VICE-PRESIDENT)
- LAWRENCE SLOAN CAE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Highest reported compensation
- LAWRENCE SLOAN CAE (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $524,490 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the american industrial hygiene foundation (aihf) is to advance the profession by awarding scholarships for funding education and professional development in industrial hygiene and related disciplines.
What it reported doing in 2024
Awarded 44 scholarships to students studying industrial hygiene and related disciplines at 30 different schools and universities. These scholarships enable talented students to complete their education and encourage the most promising scholars to enter or remain in the industrial hygiene profession.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 95% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 69
- Transparency & Controls: 62
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 82
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 76.8%; rating input score 77
- Program expense ratio: 77.6%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Fail
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 44%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.72; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 12.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.7% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 76.8% of revenue deployed · 77.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $263K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $524K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 7 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: CEO compensation review process not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.