International Anesthesia Research Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
340750348
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Walnut Creek, CA, USA
Phone
4152966904
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Medical Disciplines Research

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,860,258
Expenses
$5,893,713
Assets
$35,300,984
Liabilities
$6,758,076

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS A COOPER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL AUGUST))
  • ANDRE WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (AS OF AUGUST))

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS A COOPER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL AUGUST)): $330,258 total reported compensation
  • JASON POINTE (PUBLISHING DIRECTOR): $267,697 total reported compensation
  • JULE BRADARIC (OPERATIONS DIRECTOR): $219,026 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The international anesthesia research society (iars) is a nonpolitical, not-for-profit medical society founded in 1922 to advance and support scientific research and education related to anesthesia and the improvement of patient care through research. Iars contributes nearly $1 million annually to fund anesthesia research and maintains a worldwide membership of physicians, healthcare professionals, fellows, residents, students and others within anesthesia-related practice. The iars provides forums for members to share information and exchange ideas and support high-quality clinical discussions. These forums include an annual scientific educational meeting, an online member community, monthly webinars and a monthly print and online peer-reviewed journal, anesthesia & analgesia, and the clinical online companion journal, a&a practice, for the global anesthesiology community. All activities are designed to advance the specialty.

What it reported doing in 2024

Journal: the iars peer-reviewed scientific journal, anesthesia & analgesia (a&a), and its companion online journal a&a practice are monthly publications. They provide practice-oriented, clinical and preclinical research articles that iars members, anesthesia providers and the global anesthesiology community need to stay current and provide optimal care for patients. The a&a journal enhances the care of current and future patients by supporting healthcare professionals across anesthesiology, perioperative medicine, critical care, and pain management. The articles cover scientific advancements in these fields while also documenting clinical, administrative, and educational innovations that shape therapeutic practices. A&a practice provides high quality case reports with a focus on important teaching points, novel educational tools, and innovative solutions regarding patient safety, pain, quality and performance improvement, and global health management issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 81% 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 most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.1%; rating input score 57
  • Program expense ratio: 63.9%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Fail
    • Requires grant agreements: Fail
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.1%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.99; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.1% of revenue deployed · 63.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $3.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $330K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1M reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 39 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 57/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 45/100.