Aurum Institute USA

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812252111
IRS 990 coverage
2016–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2015
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2127721668
Rating
61
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Specifically Named Diseases Research

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,527,670
Expenses
$1,598,762
Assets
$2,806,980
Liabilities
$1,654,004

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID A CLARK (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR ROBERT WALLIS (CHIEF SCIENTIFIC OFFICER): $367,500 total reported compensation
  • DAVID A CLARK (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $323,632 total reported compensation
  • DR OTTO CHABIKULI (DIRECTOR (LEFT 12/2025)): $2,448 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To carry on and support scientific research, health systems development, strengthening and implementation, health science education and development and health consulting, in the field of poverty-related communicable and non-communicable diseases (with a particular emphasis on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis), for the benefit of poor, distressed, under-privileged and vulnerable communities and societies around the world, and any other activities related thereto.

What it reported doing in 2025

We facilitated the conduct of specialized clinical trials in immune system support in pregnant mothers in zambia, bangladesh, pakistan, and burkina faso. This work was all done within the not-for-profit charity-based ethic of the organization's mission.we worked with the gates foundation to facilitate the safe delivery of study investigational products and crucial medication sourced from american manufacturers and suppliers to the above countries.we hired an american citizen to help us conduct development activities for our projects.we contracted with an american physician specialist to support and guide clinical trials into tb treatment and prevention worldwide.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 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: 65
  • Transparency & Controls: 41
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.7%; rating input score 60
  • Program expense ratio: 94.3%; rating input score 94
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 11th 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: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 75%; rating input score 75; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 36.7%; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.76; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 33.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.7% of revenue deployed · 94.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $368K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 19 of 20 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2016 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.