International Dyslexia Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
520953609
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Pikesville, MD, USA
Phone
4102960232
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,619,560
Expenses
$2,452,478
Assets
$1,778,188
Liabilities
$430,583

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SONJA BANKS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER)

Highest reported compensation

  • SONJA BANKS (CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER): $186,991 total reported compensation
  • GINA SCHUH (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $118,285 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Our mission is simple: to create a future for all individuals who struggle with dyslexia and other related reading differences so that they may have richer, more robust lives and access to the tools and resources they need. We will not stop "until everyone can read!"

What it reported doing in 2024

Education and training - education and training are designed to enhance knowledge and skills at the levels of classroom teachers, dyslexia interventionist and specialists who are recognized as essential for the effectiveness of reading instruction with our private and public educational systems. The overall rationale for ida's education and training programs is to improve awareness of science of reading, to expand knowledge structured literacy and to promote the implementation of effective reading instruction.international program accreditation - the ida program review and accreditation initiative is unique to other accrediting models in that it promotes the systematic evaluation and refinement of educator preparation programs against ida's research-based knowledge and practice standards (kps) for teachers of reading. When an educator preparation program displays the ida accredited program seal and advertises itself as an ida accredited program, the public is assured that program completers have engaged a rigorous, standards-based preparation program designed to promote candidate mastery of the principles and practices of structured literacy.ida tv - designed to grow knowledge and sharpen practice, ida tv is the premier on-demand, e-learning platform for literacy professionals. The platform provides the best learning experiences for educators and adults, students, and children who struggle to read. Embodying the goal to create valuable professional development learning experiences ida tv has brought together leading experts in the practice and research of dyslexia, structured literacy, and related areas, to share the science of reading. These presenters support subscribers with knowledge, instruction, methods, and tools to meet the needs of all individuals with language learning disabilities. Additionally, the platform offers presentation resources, continuing education credits and learning tools to enhance the learning experience.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 83% 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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.1%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Fundraising efficiency: $7.69 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

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: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

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: 6.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.73; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.4%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -8.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.1% of revenue deployed · 79.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.9M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $187K · 18 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $663K reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 24/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.