International Andreas Gruentzig Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 721583640
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4153174265
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Heart, Circulatory Research
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,141,322
- Expenses
- $1,030,772
- Assets
- $438,510
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- GARY S ROUBIN MD PHD FSCA (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- H VERNON ANDERSON MD FSCAI (SECRETARY)
- ROBERT M BERSIN MD FACC (PROGRAM DIRE)
- CINDY GRINES MD MSCAI FACC (DIRECTOR)
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
The international andreas gruentzig society is an international educational society of physicians and scientists interested in cardiovascular health sciences and related fields. Society members cooperate in the advancement of knowledge and education through research, publication, study and teaching in the fields of cardiovascular disease. In addition, the society (a) fosters the continuing development of the specialties of health sciences in the cardiovascular and related fields as an art and science; (b) improves the methods of teaching cardiovascular therapeutic techniques; (c) stimulates interest in the study of diseases of the vessel wall and research in treating cardiovascular disease; (d) fosters communication and fellowships between top tier, international investigators, clinicians and industry researchers/developers in the specialties of interventional radiology, cardiology, surgery, regenerative medicine and neuroradiology who work towards developing novel products and/or tech
What it reported doing in 2025
Iags plans, organizes and conducts a biennial scientific meeting for its members in order to present scientific papers, conduct medical forums, seminars and workshops which are provided by medical doctors, scientists, and medical device manufacturers. The scientific papers and presentations on inteventional cardiology and cardiovascular radiology increase the knowledge and current standards of care and methods. The meetings also provide opportunities for the members to exchange ideas, outcomes of practical applications and the effectiveness of various techniques and practices. The biennial meetings are open to th entire active iags membership which consists of approximately 200 people. The historical attendance at the biennial meetings is approximately 100 people. Iags also supports publication efforts of other relevant communications that advance the goals of the society.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 68% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 76
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
- Program expense ratio: 90.9%; rating input score 91
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- 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: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.7%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.43; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 24.1% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 22.4% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.9% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 82.1% of revenue deployed · 90.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $937K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 56/100.