Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative North America Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 208774179
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6462157076
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $6,221,917
- Expenses
- $6,349,740
- Assets
- $2,501,704
- Liabilities
- $1,525,002
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DELALI ATTIPOE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- DELALI ATTIPOE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $310,984 total reported compensation
- RACHEL COHEN (SENIOR ADVISOR, GLOBAL POL): $281,847 total reported compensation
- VISHAL GOYAL (SENIOR CLINICAL PROJECT AN): $177,424 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 mission of dndi north america is to contribute to the achievement of dndi's global objectives, in particular to strenghten and expand dndi's scientific, policy advocacy, fundraising, and communications efforts in north america by (a) providing focused support for specific r&d projects and business/partner development activities in north america;(b) achieving concrete policy changes in north america to create a more favorable environment for needs-driven r&d for neglected diseases;(c) mobilizing public and private funds in north america to support dndi's mission;(d) increasing dndi's profile and visibility in north america, thereby drawing greater public attention to the need for neglected disease r&d.
What it reported doing in 2024
Raising public awareness and advocating for neglected disease r&d: as part of its mission, dndi advocates for enhanced political leadership, increased resources, and an enabling policy environment to stimulate r&d for neglected diseases. Dndi north america actively advocates for sound policies, particularly in the united states, that will enable greater needs-driven r&d, including appropriate incentives and financing mechanisms, innovative regulatory pathways that expedite access, and open innovation approaches to intellectual property management that ensure the widest possible sharing of research knowledge and data.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 72% of its reported program spending out as grants.
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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 79
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 19
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.3%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 80.6%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $10.51 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Pass
- Conducts field audits: Limited
- May suspend future funding: Limited
- Requires financial reports: Limited
- Conducts site visits: Limited
- Requires grant agreements: Pass
- May require repayment: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd 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: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- 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: -2.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.61; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 19.6%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.3% of revenue deployed · 80.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $311K · 14 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 39/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.