International Federation of Interior Architects/designers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
464872638
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023
Location
New York, NY, USA
Phone
2128846275
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$129,819
Expenses
$153,496
Assets
$20,066
Liabilities
$280,031

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TATU AHLROOS (PRESIDENT-EL)
  • SHASHI CAAN (CEO)
  • EMRAH KAYMAK (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • TESSA BARTHELMY (TREASURER): $12,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Ifi exists to expand, internationally and across all levels of society, the contribution of the interior architecture/design profession through the exchange and development of knowledge and experience, in education, practice and fellowship.

What it reported doing in 2023

World interiors day (wid) world interiors day (wid) is an annual worldwide event that celebrates interior architecture/design and its releveance in people's daily lives. Commemorated on the last weekend of may but observed throughout the whole month, the event actively engages professionals, national associations, design enthusiasts and the general public to explore creativitiy, imagination, vision and passion in relation to the role of interiors in society, culture and our future built enviornments. Interiors are essential to humanity, for they have an impact on all of our daily activities. Whether it is where we rest, think, work, play or create, the spaces that surround us are important to us, for through them we experience a sense of place, of who we are and what we can be. Because of this everyone should join us in the celebration of wid individuals may work together with local and/or national organizations to link small scale activities together to form events at a larger level throughout the city, state or country. Each wid edition focuses on a specific theme chosen each year by ifi membership to reflect the values of the interiors community. Ifi's world interiors for the next generation (wing) ifi's world interiors for the next generation (wing) is a worldwide competition designed to engage emerging interior architecture/design talent. Wing aims to inspire, cultivate and support the next generations of designers for their work as creative, renowned and well-respected professionals. First initiated in 1999 as a 3-day intensive workshop, wing has since envolved into an international competition that promotes the exchange of ideas and inspires creativity amongst young interiors students and professionals. Entrants are encouraged, but not required, to work collaboratively with profesional mentors, educators and local artists/carftsmen throughout the design development process. By initiating an in-depth exploration of global design practice and its compenorary relevance, wing encourages an unleashing of the imagination and inspires young designers to embrace the unlimted possibilities of design innovation. Young interior architects/designers and place-makers are called upon to submit solutions that build upon the criteria for a unified design profession as established by the ifi interiors declaration. Design submissions are evaluated and selected by an international leadership jury of interiors professionals. Winners are selected based on their unique contribution and capacity to incorporate the value, relevance, responsibility, culture, business, knowledge and identity of interior design practice for a global audience. The prize includes an all-expenses-paid travel and accomodations to attend the next and upcoming biennial ifi congress and ifi general assembly (ga), where winners are ceremoniously awarded and required to make a short presentation to delegates of the ifi ga. Taking place in a different world region/nation every two years, wing winners are invited to participate in this important world design interiors summit. As part of this prize, ifi offers wing winners the opportunity to participate in stimulating programs and exciting social events with world-class inovators and creative professionas. Interiors declaration adoptions (ida) the ifi interiors declaration (ifi ida) is a consensus-based vision/mission statement of the purpose and value of interior architecture/design, asserting that by design, interiors optimally support humanity in all of its functions and activities. This declaration forms a unanimous agreement that establishes the essential foundations for the interiors discipline and its advancement worldwide. The ideas contained in the declaration provide clear goals for interiors professionals and affect the fundamental understanding and shaping of our practice, its education and research, and the outcomes required of our built environment in support of humanity, society and culture. The ifi interiors

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 58
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 91.5%; rating input score 91
  • Program expense ratio: 77.4%; rating input score 77
  • 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: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -18.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.13; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 13.96; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.8%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -27.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 91.5% of revenue deployed · 77.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $12K · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.