International Cytokine and Interferon Society Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 592471233
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2012
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 8009471960
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $280,043
- Expenses
- $343,793
- Assets
- $750,862
- Liabilities
- $17,088
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Christopher Hunter (Past President)
- Dr Sarah L Gaffen (President)
- Curt M Horvath (President Elect)
Highest reported compensation
- Joan Oefner (Managing Direct): $76,574 total reported compensation
- Stephanie Flores (Managing Direct): $50,000 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 Cytokine & Interferon Society (ICIS) is the scientific family for over 1,100 scientists and physicians devoted to research in the fields of cytokine, interferon and chemokine cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry and the clinical use of these biological response modifiers. A common ground where scientists interested in all aspect of cytokine biology can join and work together to better human health. Its annual meeting convenes the worlds experts on viruses and anti-viral responses, on the immune system and its functions in health and disease, impacting all aspects of medicine and leading to new treatments in autoimmune diseases, cancer, infectious diseases and inflammation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Promote original research in the fields of cytokines, interferons, chemokines, growth factors
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 64% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 63% for direct work, and 37% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 88
- Accountability: 60
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 80%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 63.9%; rating input score 64
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 19th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 95.9%; rating input score 96; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: -22.8%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.18; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 36.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 80% of revenue deployed · 63.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $220K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $77K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 24 of 25 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization could not be resolved against the register, so the check is unfinished.