International Law Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521298657
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022476006
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,290,530
Expenses
$2,550,941
Assets
$3,636,878
Liabilities
$1,606,369

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

Leadership & pay

24 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MARK WALTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 09/24))
  • STUART KERR (PRESIDENT AND INTERIM ED)

Highest reported compensation

  • MARK WALTER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (UNTIL 09/24)): $273,170 total reported compensation
  • MAREK DUBOVEC (DIR. OF LAW REFORM PROGRAMS): $205,735 total reported compensation
  • CRISTINA CASTANEDA (DIRECTOR DEVELOPMENT): $141,883 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

Ili's mission is fostering prosperity through the rule of law. Ili believes that economic growth and effective governance is achieved through a sound legal infrastructure. Ili's mission is to raise the levels of professional competence and capacity in all nations so that

What it reported doing in 2024

Projects: ili serves as an advisor to public and private organizations in many areas, including, among others: negotiations and special assignments, such as the drafting of agreements; focused studies; the revision of regulations; contract standardization; legislative drafting; procurement, and project management.ili draws on its extensive network of experts to dispatch teams well-suited to the particular challenge at hand, and is pleased to be able to offer tailored solutions in response to informal inquiries as well as solicitations of bids for consulting work.ili maintains a consortium of technical consultants from across the globe to assess, design and implement our technical projects. Consultants are recruited from government sector specialists, technical experts and consultants from donor organizations, partners from top global law firms, senior executives from private sector international organizations, and academics from prestigious universities. The selection of ili technical teams is based on balancing scholarly training with global best practices and practical application from the foremost practitioners. Ili maintains a highly flexible and adaptive resource base to quickly commit to and expertly administer the needs of its clientele. Ili has a unique ability to structure teams to support training and projects from 1 day to 4 years, while maintaining continuity of deliverables. Ili believes that long-term reliable partnerships are crucial to the sustainability, development and implementation of technical capacity training programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 19th 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: -11.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.44; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 41.2%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 14 of 16 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $273K · 24 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.