American Society for Nutrition Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311507752
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Rockville, MD, USA
Phone
2404283650
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Professional Societies & Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,422,197
Expenses
$7,493,265
Assets
$13,746,813
Liabilities
$3,475,564

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SARAH L BOOTH PHD (PRESIDENT)
  • NAIMA MOUSTAID-MOUSSA PHD FTOSFAHA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KEITH WEST DRPH MPH (VICE PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • KEVIN L SCHALINSKE PHD (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • JOHN E COURTNEY PHD (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JOHN E COURTNEY PHD (CEO): $1,505,998 total reported compensation
  • GWEN TWILLMAN (CHIEF PROGRAMS AND ADVANCEMENT OFFICER): $335,917 total reported compensation
  • FELICIA PRICE (CHIEF ADMINISTRATION OFFICER): $238,141 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 american society for nutrition, inc. (asn) was established to advance health around the world through evidence based nutrition. This is accomplished through innovative programs and services designed to advance knowledge, create and strengthen engagement, and increase impact of asn programs and services supporting the mission of advancing the science, education and practice of nutrition.

What it reported doing in 2024

Society advancement- membership helps nutrition scientists develop professionally, discover new opportunities and increase their impact in the fields of nutrition and clinical nutrition. This program reaches out to potential new members both individually and corporately. Theamerican society for nutrition currently serves approximately 8,500 scientists and practitioners.council designated funds/awards - an aggregation of research projects, scientific workshops, meetings, symposia and awards to young scientists to assist in their training and expand the knowledge of all scientists. Nutrition notes - a quarterly newsletter that brings information on educational and scientific programs sponsored by the society to the attention of its approximately 8,500 members and other nutrition scientists.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 64% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.6%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 91.9%; rating input score 92
  • Fundraising efficiency: $2.86 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 39.4%; rating input score 39; 14th 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.83; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.6% of revenue deployed · 91.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $1.5M · 30 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $478K reported
  • Consistency: 34 of 35 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 12 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 8/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 39/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.