Drug Information Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237311318
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2154426100
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,117,522
Expenses
$20,762,225
Assets
$23,210,401
Liabilities
$19,767,416

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

Leadership & pay

29 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARWAN FATHALLAH (PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARWAN FATHALLAH (PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $923,111 total reported compensation
  • JACK FOSTER (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $396,128 total reported compensation
  • MARIA VASSILEVA (CHIEF SCIENCE & REGULATORY OFFICER): $328,322 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Drug information association, inc. ("dia") fosters innovation to improve health and wellbeing worldwide by: - providing invaluable forums to exchange vital information and discuss current issues related to health products, technologies, and services; - delivering customized learning experiences;- building, maintaining, and facilitating trusted relationships with and among individuals and organizations that drive and share dia values and mandates; and - offering a multidisciplinary neutral environment, respected globally for integrity and relevancy.

What it reported doing in 2025

Publications: therapeutic innovation & regulatory science publication (tirs) is the official journal of dia. Its mission is to advance healthcare product discovery, development, regulation, and use through the publication of peer-reviewed articles and commentaries across the spectrum of converting biomedical science into practical solutions to advance human health. It is published in odd number months, january, march, may, july, september, and november. Dia also publishes the global forum, another e-publication. It offers expert global and regional coverage of discovery, development, regulation, surveillance, and marketing of healthcare products, including interviews with leaders and topical summaries from educational events. It is published monthly.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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 most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 72
  • Transparency & Controls: 50
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84.8%; rating input score 85
  • Program expense ratio: 74.4%; rating input score 74
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 21st 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: -14.6%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.12; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.85; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.7% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84.8% of revenue deployed · 74.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 13 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $15.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $923K · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.5M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 34 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 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: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.