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Legal name: Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 980407553
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Geneva, Switzerland
- Phone
- 0000000001
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Specifically Named Diseases Research
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $49,306,331
- Expenses
- $56,828,646
- Assets
- $51,274,531
- Liabilities
- $42,634,091
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DAYO ADETIFA (CHIEF TRANSFORMATION OFFICER/CEO)
- WILLIAM RODRIGUEZ (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (thru 6/24))
Highest reported compensation
- DARRYL ENGLISH (DEPUTY DIRECTOR, FINANCE (THRU 11/24)): $414,021 total reported compensation
- MARTA FERNANDEZ SUAREZ (CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER (thru 10/24)): $356,565 total reported compensation
- SERGIO CARMONA (CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER (thru 9/24)): $343,382 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To ensure that everyone who needs a diagnosis gets it, no matter who they are or where they live.
What it reported doing in 2024
Neglected Tropical Diseases (Expenses $4,890,019) NT-P19-003 Chagas Diagnostics Market Sizing Model NT-P16-001 HAT diagnostic algorithm for South Sudan NT-P18-002 INtermediary field evalution report including the RDT performance against the reference standard NT-P19-003 Market Landscape Report of Diagnostic Products for Chagas Disease NT-P18-002 Report detailing the economic analysis of using the SCH CAA RDT instead of current diagnostic tools NT-P16-001 South Sudan HAT Access Database NT-P23-004 Test Directory for Visceral Leishmaniosis Medical Affairs Department (Expenses $4,108,156) Administrative clinical activities Womens Health Department (Expenses $3,248,296) WH-P23-001 Advancing Self collection for HPV testing as a primary cervical cancer screening strategy in sub-saharan Africa WH-P23-001 Assessing feasibility and effectiveness of point-of-care limited HPV genotype tests in cervical cancer screening: a modelling study WH-P23-001 Assessing Feasibility and efficiency of limited HPV genotype targets in cervical cancer screening for sub-saharan Africa WH-P23-001 Human Papillomavirus self-sampling versus provider-sampling in LMIC countries WH-P24-001 Technology Landscape of tools for Anaemia at Primary Health Centers WH-P23-001 Towards 70% cervical cancer screening coverage WH-P23-001 TPPs and relevance of community engagement Pandemic Threats (Expenses $3,232,156) PT-P24-003 Chikungunya test directory PT-P22-006 Diagnostic Accuracy of Three Mpox Lateral Flow Assays for Antigen Detection in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the United Kingdom PT-P22-005 DNO Analysis for Lassa and Yelloe fever in Nigeria PT-P24-002 DxConnect test directory for Lassa PT-P24-002 DxConnect test directory for Nipah PT-P22-006 Evaluation of the diagnostic accuracy and analytical sensitivity of the novel Xpert Mpox (Cepheid) and STANDARD M10 MPX/OPX (SD Biosensor) molecular point-of-care assays for the detection of Mpox virus in skin lesion swabs and upper-respiratory swab sa PT-P24-001 Filovirus Landscape PT-P23-002 i-MCM-Net Mapping Document PT-P24-002 Lassa landscape Manuscript PT-P21-001 License Agreement for Yellow Fever Ag NS1 RDT PT-P24-004 Mpox test directory PT-P24-004 Mpox test tracker PT-P23-002 PDxRI PT-P22-007 Viral Hemorrhagic Fever Strategic Plan PT-P23-002 WHS Roadmap for 100DM for Diagnostics meeting report Antimicrobial Resistance (Expenses $2,773,685) AM-P22-002 A call to bridge the diagnostic gap: diagnostic solutions for neonatal sepsis in low- and middle-income countries FE-P18-003 A Qualitative Thematic Synthesis Study with a discussion of Intervention Design to explore drivers of adherence to prescription in four sites in India AM-P21-001 Affordable blood culture systems from China: in vitro evaluation for use in resource-limited settings AM-P24-001 Antimicrobial Stewardship Modules AM-P23-001 Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Capacity and Antibiotic Use in 30 health facilities in India AM-P23-001 Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Capacity and Antibiotic Use in 10 Counties in Kenya AM-P23-001 Assessment of Antimicrobial Resistance Diagnostic Capacity and Antibiotic Use in Kenya AM-P21-001 Blood culture bottles remain efficient months after their expiration date: Implications for low- and middle-income countries. AM-P22-002 Call for public consultation: Target product profile for tests of neonatal sepsis and possible serious bacterial infections in newborns and young infants (final TPP currently in clearance) FE-P18-003 Cost-Effectiveness of Test-and-Treat Strategies to Reduce the Antibiotic Prescription Rate for Acute Febrile Illness in Primary Healthcare Clinics in Africa FE-P18-003 Cost-Effectiveness of Test-and-Treat Strategies to Reduce the Antibiotic Prescription Rate for Acute Febrile Illness in Primary Healthcare Clinics in Africa AM-P22-003 Development of a Novel Fluorescent-Based Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at the Point of Care AM-P22-003 Evaluat
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 88
- Transparency & Controls: 72
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93.9%; rating input score 94
- Program expense ratio: 81.2%; rating input score 81
- Fundraising efficiency: $66.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th 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: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
- Requires narrative reports: Fail
- Conducts field audits: Fail
- May suspend future funding: Fail
- Requires financial reports: Fail
- Conducts site visits: Pass
- Requires grant agreements: Fail
- May require repayment: Fail
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.3%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.9; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.83; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -10.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.3% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 7 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 93.9% of revenue deployed · 81.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $46.1M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $414K · 26 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $14.2M reported
- Consistency: 36 of 37 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 27 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- 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: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 13/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.