International Lead Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832950610
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Durham, NC, USA
Phone
9192871869
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,766,694
Expenses
$4,100,428
Assets
$1,897,407
Liabilities
$993,542

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDY BUSH (PRESIDENT/MANAGING DIRECTO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANDY BUSH (PRESIDENT/MANAGING DIRECTO): $413,711 total reported compensation
  • MATT RAIFORD (MGR. CBI): $234,363 total reported compensation
  • M JASIM CHOWDHURY (MGR. ENVIRONMENT LEAD): $226,074 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The ila team comprises dedicated full-time experts and advisors who work closely with members and other organizations to promote the safe and secure management of lead.we work closely with companies, regulators, policymakers and other stakeholders to promote and support the safe and responsible use of lead in a wide range of important products, from batteries to radiation shielding. Because in seeking to achieve a low carbon world, lead matters.ila supports the consortium for battery innovation, a pre-competitive innovation group pioneering new research and development ushering in the next generation of advanced lead batteries.

What it reported doing in 2025

The consortium for battery innovation (cbi) lead based batteries are the dominant market for lead (around 85-90% of all lead use) and ila is active in supporting the development of lead-based battery technologies through its management role in the consosrtium for battery innovation (cbi) which was launched in 2019.1. Continued the consortium for battery innovation in 20252. Further work on the website: https://batteryinnovation.org3. New membership recruitment4. New research projects launched, other projects concluded5. Technical workshops and lunch n learn webinar series6. Continued social media communications7. Membership communications a. Bi-monthly newsletters8. Biennial conference elbc and yearly battcon conference

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 39
  • Accountability: 72
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 15.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $414K · 7 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $243K reported
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and executive pay
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.