Chicago Electrical Trauma Research Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800458238
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Medical Disciplines Research

Reported finances

Revenue
$81,495
Expenses
$93,053
Assets
$53,979
Liabilities
$557,063

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Raphael Lee (Chairman of the Board of Directors)
  • Gerald Cooke (Secretary of the Board of Directors)
  • Neil Pliskin (Director)

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

The Chicago Electrical Trauma Research Institute was founded to increase the pathophysiological and biophysical understanding of the link between electrical shock injuries and clinical manifestations so that survivors of electrical shock injury could be more effectively managed by physicians.

What it reported doing in 2025

Medical Research: 1 Medical Research: CETRIs scientists published two peer- reviewed scientific journal publications and supervised i PhD thesis. 2 CETRIs journal articles involve detailed analysis of published data analysis of CETRIs database writing and publishing. CETRs publication have been cited extensively in the medical field of burn trauma. A recent publication from a major university in Europe stated that a CETRI publication has been more impact that any other research publication on electrical injury in the history of electrical injury research.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 28
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 94.7%; rating input score 95

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.2%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.58; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 10.32; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 70.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 94.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 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.

  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 1/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.