International Chewing Gum Association C/o Keller and Heckman Llp
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300630080
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2024344229
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Business and Industry
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $933,474
- Expenses
- $896,647
- Assets
- $154,500
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
20 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AMANDA DAVIES (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- AMANDA DAVIES (PRESIDENT)
- MARTIN WALZL (SECRETARY & TREASURER)
- BROOKE DAVIS (ASSISTANT SECRETARY)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The organization's primary activity in furtherance of its exempt purpose will be to keep the membership informed and up to date on any regulatory developments that impact the manufacturing and marketing of chewing gum and gum base products throughout the world. It will also represent the chewing gum and gum base industry's regulatory and, where necessary, legislative interests before local, national, regional and international institutions and regulatory bodies. The organization will also contribute to the development of a regulatory framework that seeks to promote the free sale and marketing by its members of safe and wholesome products, consumer protection and respect for the environment. It will organize and conduct conferences and seminars and carry out studies and other research products. Lastly, the organization will work to ensure that all chewing gum and gum base products manufactured and marketed by its members are safe, wholesome and fulfill the highest quality standards.
What it reported doing in 2024
Technical/regulatory committee: monitor and advise membership on regulatory and legislative issues affecting the ingredients permitted in chewing gum, regulatory treatment of chewing gum as food, ingredient labeling of chewing gum, and other ingredient and food additive issues; work with international bodies toward harmonization of regulations governing ingredients in chewing gum; develop industry positions and respond to governmental inquiries relating to ingredients used in chewing gum, including food safety issues.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- 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: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.17; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -3.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $897K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 20 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $924K reported
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.