International Coalition Against Illicit Economies

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
863204668
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2028759484
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$234,000
Expenses
$225,694
Assets
$55,727
Liabilities
$25,377

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID LUNA (PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRE)
  • JOSHUA POTTER (DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID LUNA (PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRE): $108,500 total reported compensation
  • JOHN CASSARA (TREASURER): $5,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The international coalition against illicit economies (icaie) brings together diverse champions across public and private sectors and communities to mobilize energies to combat cross-border illicit threats and protect global security.

What it reported doing in 2025

In 2025, icaie launched several new initiatives including examining crime convergence in the amazon basin in south america and launching the icaie protocol on strategic foresight and market intelligence. Icaie continues to advance dynamic public-private partnerships across the diplomatic community and inter-governmental organizations including the organization for economic cooperation and development (oecd), world customs organization (wco), the organization of american states (oas), interpol, united nations peace university, and other multilateral entities. Icaie work programs and initiatives across sectors continue to receive great recognition and noteworthy praise including from the u.s. Congress, executive branch agencies, other countries, leading international organizations, business associations, and civil society groups. Through our first-rate investigative reports, digital investigative documentaries, and public awareness campaigns on the impacts and harms of illicit trade, and through social media amplification of our messages and narratives, icaie has continued to inform a strong community of interest that reaches hundreds of thousands of brand protection and illicit trade prevention professionals, government officials, and active civil society groups.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% 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

MIXED - 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: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 55
  • Accountability: 62
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 69.8%; rating input score 70
  • Program expense ratio: 72.3%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.56 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: 75%; rating input score 75; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 50.3%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -5.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 69.8% of revenue deployed · 72.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 4 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $163K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $108K · 4 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $108K reported
  • Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.