Central Society for Clinical and Translational Research
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 730714518
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Milwaukee, WI, USA
- Phone
- 4142732209
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $129,163
- Expenses
- $372,959
- Assets
- $1,582,643
- Liabilities
- $11,295
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
19 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAVID J KENNEDY PHD (PRESIDENT)
- JENNIFER ALEXANDER-BRETT MD PHD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- ATTAYA SUVANNASANKHA MD (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JERRY A KRISHNAN MD PHD (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- DAVID J KENNEDY PHD (PRESIDENT)
- JENNIFER ALEXANDER-BRETT MD PHD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- ATTAYA SUVANNASANKHA MD (VICE PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The objectives of the organization are the advancement of medical science; the cultivation of clinical research by the methods of the natural and behavioral sciences; the correlation of science with the art of medical practice; the encouragement of scientific investigation by the medical practitioner; the diffusion of a scientific spirit among the members of the organization; the sponsorship of scientific meetings; and the publication, without profit to the society, for national and international distribution, of papers on the methods and results of clinical research.
What it reported doing in 2024
Career development awards: the early career development awards are $10,000 grants available to current members, or individuals applying for membership, who currently hold an nih k08, k23 or k30 award with the goal of providing research support to researchers at the fellow or junior faculty level. Applicants must submit a current curriculum vitae (cv), and two (2) letters of recommendation and must be available to present their work at the combined annual meeting.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 78.2%; rating input score 78
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 97.6%; rating input score 98; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -188.8%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.24; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -3.8% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 78.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $292K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $138K reported
- Consistency: 23 of 25 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.