Hyo Jeong International Foundation for Environmental Peace (HJIFEP)

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
821898138
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026362874
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Reported finances

Revenue
$495,535
Expenses
$542,954
Assets
$85,043
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Douglas Joo (President & Chairman)
  • Dr Sun Jin Moon (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Dr Sun Jin Moon (Executive Director): $63,000 total reported compensation
  • Mr Ryu-Sung Weinmann (Secretary/Treasurer): $28,166 total reported compensation
  • Dr Douglas Joo (President & Chairman): $25,723 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 support the development and dissemination of environmental conservation, protection, and restoration technologies to protect the global environment and to regenerate the Earth as a healthy, life-sustaining planet.

What it reported doing in 2024

1) Environmental Outreach Activities 2024: a) On March 25 to April 30, HJIFEP conducted its first Earth Month campaign featuring a limited newsletter series called the Hyo Jeong Awakenings.b) On April 6, Mr. Gregg Jones organized and led a service project in Annapolis, MD, to remove invasive vines harming local trees and to clean the park area of trash.c) On June 15, in observance of UN World Environment Day, HJIPEF organized an exciting summit with expert speakers to awaken our consciousness and promote action to protect and renew our ecosystems. After a welcoming address by Dr. Sun Jin Moon, the program featured presentations by two renowned scientists, Dr. Rattan Lal and Dr. Douglas Tallamy.2) Publishing The Earth & I Magazine (E&I)The E&I magazine has continued to run bimonthly issues, each with 16 articles across 10 sections on environmental issues plus separate sections on news and data, which can be viewed at www.theearthandi.org. 3) Preparations for next International Environmental Conference Research was done to find themes and trending topics for a conference which is to have presentations on protecting and preserving the environment using conventional science and new paradigm science.4) HJIFEP Website development: The archive of the HJIFEP/USA website was updated to include proceedings materials from ICSG and ICUS.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 59
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.4%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 62
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 77.8%; rating input score 78; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -9.6%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 21.5%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.4% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $334K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $63K · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 28 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.