International Alliance for Diabetes Action Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873739369
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Boston, MA, USA
Phone
6465933819
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Specifically Named Diseases

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$630,356
Expenses
$554,192
Assets
$1,094,165
Liabilities
$1,005,283

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SYLVIA KEHLENBRINK MD (CHAIR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANNA NAKAYAMA (PROGRAM AND COMMUNITY MANAGER): $101,727 total reported compensation
  • SYLVIA KEHLENBRINK MD (CHAIR, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $82,386 total reported compensation
  • KIRAN JOBANPUTRA MBCHB MRCGP MPH (TREASURER/SECRETARY): $32,004 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 increased access and quality of care to people with diabetes in humanitarian settings

What it reported doing in 2024

Leadership & Collaboration Program: This program serves as the backbone of the alliance, facilitating coordination and collaboration among alliance organizations. It provides strategic leadership, technical guidance, and operational support to align efforts and drive collective impact. The program also strengthens the alliance's sustainability by hosting engagement activities. Key initiatives include convening partners through high-level events, such as the global Symposium held in Athens, Greece in May 2024, which brought together stakeholders to advance shared priorities and promote cross-sector collaboration.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 58
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 70.5%; rating input score 71
  • Fundraising efficiency: $87.31 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 12.1%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.97; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.92; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 39%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 79.7% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 125.2% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63% of revenue deployed · 70.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $391K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $102K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.