Imlb Limited Liability Company Llc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300750756
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Oak Brook, IL, USA
Phone
6309159011
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,517
Expenses
$24,582
Assets
$551,437
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GUOHUA CHEN (PRESIDENT)
  • KHALIL AMINE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JONES ALAMI (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KARIM ZAGIB (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • GUOHUA CHEN (PRESIDENT)
  • KHALIL AMINE (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JONES ALAMI (VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote science and technology in the field of Electrochemistry in general and lithium ion battery in particular for use in automotive, grid, consumer, and medical.

What it reported doing in 2025

The IMLB organization hosts conferences to promote science & technology in the filed of all battery technologies for application in consumer electronic, medical, space, grid, automotive, and storage. The conference are held every two years. Theres no main conference were held in 2025. The next conference will be held for Mortreal Canada in 2026.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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

MIXED - Most voting board members are independent and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 17
  • Transparency & Controls: 57
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.1%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 16%; rating input score 16
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.43; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.1% of revenue deployed · 16% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 33/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule G fundraiser detail did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.