International Society for Environmental Epidemiology

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251569662
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Chantilly, VA, USA
Phone
7039250178
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Arts, Cultural Organizations - Multipurpose

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$306,247
Expenses
$384,409
Assets
$827,960
Liabilities
$166,237

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Nelson Gouveia (President)
  • Andrea Baccarelli (Past President)
  • Gwen Collman (President elect)

People named in this filing

  • Nelson Gouveia (President)
  • Andrea Baccarelli (Past President)
  • Michelle Turner (Secretary/Treas)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The international society for environmental epidemiology is a scientific associationthat impacts research, training and policy worldwide. Its mission is to fosterepidemiological studies on the effects of environmental exposures in people, stimulate communication between health professionals, promote methodologicaladvances, and strengthen environmental health policy. The international society forenvironmental epidemiology (isee) provides a forum for the discussion of problemsunique to the study of health and the environment. With membership open toenvironmental epidemiologists and other scientists around the world, isee provides avariety of forums for discussions, critical reviews, collaborations and education onissues of environmental exposures and their human health effects. These includeannual meetings, newsletters, workshops and liasons with academic, govenmental, inter-governmental, non-profit and business institutions.

What it reported doing in 2024

Annual conference: isee holds an annual conference each year in north america orother countries to provide access for the international membership. The societyentertains proposals periodically from members to organize and host the annualconference. The winning proposals are selected by peer review and the societyprovides oversight to the organizers/hosts during the planning period. The annualconference brings together scientists throughout the world to exchange ideas andmethods for research in environmental health and epidemiology. It provides a forumfor communication, current epidemiologic research, facilities, internationalcollaboration in research and training, and highlights emerging global environmentalhealth issues.the conference program each year includes presentation of awards recognizing bothexperienced environmental epidemiologists who have made significant contributions tothe knowledge and practice of environmental epidemiology and promising newresearchers in environmental epidemiology. These awards are beneficial to the fieldof environmental epidemiology because they recognize excellence in scientificpractice in the field.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 87% 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 84
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.6%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 66.5%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 9th 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Fail
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -25.5%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.15; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.2; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 20.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.6% of revenue deployed · 66.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $256K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 11/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.