Global Intellectual Property Alliance Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874412928
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Dunwoody, GA, USA
Rating
92
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$13,908
Expenses
$30,938
Assets
$60,515

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

Leadership & pay

119 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Frank (Chair and President)
  • Maria Fernanda Hurtado (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Scott Frank (Chair and President)
  • Maria Fernanda Hurtado (Executive Director)
  • Nikhil Marathe (Strategy and Planning)

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

We empower IP for a better and more sustainable future for our planet for present & future generations through three pillars Intellectual Property Awareness & Education Intellectual Property Ecosystem Collaboration Intellectual Property Access and Engagement

What it reported doing in 2025

Global Intellectual Property Alliance GLIPA the Georgian Intellectual Property Alliance GIPA and the United States Intellectual Property Alliance USIPA organize a conference in Atlanta Georgia along with associated events. These gatherings offer networking opportunities and panel discussions on topics relevant to the intellectual property community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -122.4%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.96; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 28.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -40.1% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $44K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 119 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 7 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.