International Peace Operations Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 542033637
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 7033363940
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,065,819
- Expenses
- $2,590,326
- Assets
- $2,090,690
- Liabilities
- $389,328
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
18 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- HOWARD LIND (PRESIDENT)
- ROXANNE M KAUFMAN (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- HOWARD LIND (PRESIDENT): $237,400 total reported compensation
- ROXANNE M KAUFMAN (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT): $183,000 total reported compensation
- VIRGINIA MAYCOCK (VP OF MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS): $160,262 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To foster effective international stability through member engagement, networking, and advocacy operations by means of our four pillars: government advocacy, partnerships & outreach, member company growth, and research & analysis.
What it reported doing in 2024
Publications and communications - isoa is a powerful voice for the stability operations community, bringing experience from the field to the global conversation in government, research, and the news. Isoa also distributes "the isoa weekly" e-newsletter, which provides insight on substantive issues, breaking news, and industry information. Isoa also provides a full suite of members-only industry intelligence and business development tools.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% 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: 46
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd 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: 67.6%; rating input score 68; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15.5%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.81; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.19; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.4%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 15% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.2% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $237K · 18 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $120K reported
- Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.