International Sanitary Supply Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 362027076
IRS 990 coverage: 2009–2024
Forms available: Form 990 2024
Location: Rosemont, IL, USA
Phone: 8002254772
Rating confidence: Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $18,368,141
Expenses: $18,316,400
Assets: $72,434,355
Liabilities: $7,487,196

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

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

Laurie Sewell (President)
Scott Stevenson (Vice President until 11/25)
John Swigart (Vice President)
John Barrett (ISSA Executive Director until 11/25)
Kim Althoff (ISSA Executive Director)
Jonathan Adkins (Senior Vice President)

Highest reported compensation

John Barrett (ISSA Executive Director until 11/25): $876,475 total reported compensation
Kim Althoff (ISSA Executive Director): $441,141 total reported compensation
Jonathan Adkins (Senior Vice President): $338,924 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 achieve our vision, we must; facilitate ongoing networking, communications, and commercial opportunities for the members. Provide members with the highest quality, industry specific, relevant information. Be the most widely accepted resource for knowledge and standards regarding professional business practices and making the connection between cleaning and health, and to have the greatest impact on establishing a global cleaning community.

What it reported doing in 2024

ISSA industry communication with members - ISSA keeps members informed on the commercial cleaning industry on regulatory requirements and with advice on environmentally preferable products and processes, cleaning for human health, latest industry news, customer trends, management tips, legislative and regulatory updates and other valuable information through the premier website for commercial cleaning, www.issa.com, and a variety of print and online publications. The ISSA goal is to change the way the world views cleaning so that it recognizes the contribution of cleaning to human health. The association recommends and provides guidance on professional practices within the commercial cleaning industry and works toward creating greater awareness and respect of the "front line" commercial cleaning employees.

Operating model

Revenue model: Other-operating. 81% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 54
Accountability: 100
Sustainability: 49
Growth: 60

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; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.95; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 23.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 14 of 14 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $876K · 35 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1M reported
Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, and executive pay
Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 16 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.

Key Signals

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

High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.