Forensic Expert Witness Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
330684476
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3126986252
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,075
Expenses
$73,452
Assets
$119,927
Liabilities
$60,851

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN MCREYNOLDS (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • PAUL GENTOSI (CHAPTER PRESIDENT)
  • JOSEPH LANDOLPH (CHAPTER PRESIDENT)
  • LISA BOESKY (CHAPTER PRESIDENT)
  • GEORGE REIS (CHAPTER PRESIDENT)
  • MITCH COHEN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JOHN MCREYNOLDS (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • PAUL GENTOSI (CHAPTER PRESIDENT)
  • STEVEN MUROW (SECOND 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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The forensic expert witness association (fewa) is dedicated to the professional development, ethics and promotion of forensic consultants in all fields of discipline. Fewa brings together a diverse group of professionals sharing common goals related to forensics. The association offers its members the opportunity to enhance their knowledge and techniques required to perform in an effective manner.

What it reported doing in 2024

The fewa national conference is an immersive 2 day event bringing together some of the nation's top attorneys, judges, consultants and expert witnesses from all disciplines for professional development sessions and workshops, continuing education credit, certification, and networking. In 2023 the conference drew 33 attendees to learn principles pertinant to being an expert witness. Topics included analysis of audio, acoustic evidence, dispute resolution, deposition, development of standards and guidelines, cross examination, and discovery.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 70
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 30.8%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.51; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -11.3% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.