International Society for Human Ethology

What it reported doing in 2024

The international society for human ethology (ishe) promotes ethological perspectives in the scientific study of humans worldwide. Ishe aims to achieve this goal through:1. Encouraging empirical research in the field of human behavior, using the full range of methods developed in biology and the human behavioral sciences and operating within the conceptual framework provided by evolutionary theory.2. Promoting the exchange of ethological knowledge and opinions with the other empirical sciences of human behavior.we administer our funds in order to pursue these goals.in 2024, two new "owen f aldis" scholarships were awarded to graduate students studying in the field of human ethology to enable them to engage in research activities they would not otherwise be able to complete. Travel support was also provided for a previous year's awardee to enable the presentation of funded work to the membership. One "linda mealey" award was granted to a junior researcher for new research in human ethology with a focus on direct observation of behavior. This award supports junior scientists in a critical period of career development. We published volume 39 of the society's flagship journal, human ethology, an open-access, peer-reviewed publication. Ishe incurs the hosting and editorial costs of maintaining an open-access journal rather than transferring any of that cost to authors (via article processing charges common to many publications) in order to facilitate and encourage submissions from researchers at under-funded institutions and/or student or early career researchers who do not have support funds. It is important to ishe that they remove barriers to the dissemination of scientific knowledge. A supplemental volume covering the full body of research presented at the society's annual conference was also published in the journal. The bi-annual international congress (conference) event was hosted in humboldt county, ca. The international congress draws students, junior researchers, and senior researchers in the field of human ethology and provides an opportunity for the dissemination of scientific work and development of collaborative research relationships. The meeting included 5 keynote talks, 11 topic-focused talk sessions, a poster session, and an applied ethology symposium.

Financial Efficiency

• Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
• Program expense ratio: 81.4%; rating input score 81
• Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

• Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
• Pay-setting controls: Limited
• Foreign activity oversight: 1 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 12
  • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
  • Requires narrative reports: Fail
  • Conducts field audits: Fail
  • May suspend future funding: Fail
  • Requires financial reports: Fail
  • Conducts site visits: Fail
  • Requires grant agreements: Fail
  • May require repayment: Fail
• Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
  • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
  • Whistleblower policy: Fail
  • Document-retention policy: Fail
  • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
  • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
  • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
  • Audit committee oversight: Missing
  • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

• Operating margin: 70%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
• Total-asset coverage ratio: 20.76; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
• Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
• Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

• Program expense growth: 31.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
• Revenue growth: 30.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
• Asset growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings