International Foundation for Autoimmune&autoinflammatory Arthri

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271214308
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Saint Louis, MO, USA
Phone
8776094226
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arthritis Research

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,318,436
Expenses
$1,021,590
Assets
$660,350
Liabilities
$21,468

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIFFANY WESTRICH-ROBERTSON (PRESIDENT/CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • TIFFANY WESTRICH-ROBERTSON (PRESIDENT/CEO): $125,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

We are leaders in advancing education, advocacy, and research for those affected by autoimmune & autoinflammatory arthritis diseases through peer-led guidance, collaboration, and resources that are driven by patient-identified issues and patient-infused solutions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Projects: aiarthritis advances our mission work by taking on projects based on patient-reported issues that, if solved, could improve their lives. Decisions on whether to take on a project are based on a high percentage of patient-reported need, identification of a missing gap (avoidance of duplication of efforts), identifying and enlisting help from potential collaborators to increase impact, then securing financial help to implement action. All projects have "no blueprint", meaning they are one-of-a-kind, innovation solutions that build off of existing successes and zero in on missing gaps. Every project is led by patient voices, with professional advisors contracted, as needed.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 70
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 81.3%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $36.75 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings

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: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.5%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 12.2%; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.8% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.4% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63% of revenue deployed · 81.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $831K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $125K · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 31/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.