International Society for Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Research

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223369741
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Lawrenceville, NJ, USA
Phone
6095864981
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$19,723,828
Expenses
$19,363,160
Assets
$30,224,428
Liabilities
$4,613,950

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • EBERECHUKWU ONUKWUGHA MS PHD (PRESIDENT (SINCE JUNE 2024))
  • UWE SIEBERT MD MP SCD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • BRIAN O'ROURKE (PAST PRESIDENT (SINCE JUNE 2024))
  • JAN ELIAS HANSEN PHD (PAST PRESIDENT (UNTIL JUNE 2024))

Highest reported compensation

  • SUSAN CAPON (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $346,150 total reported compensation
  • LAURA PIZZI (CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER): $330,822 total reported compensation
  • ELIZABETH LANE (CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER): $265,493 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The mission of international society for pharmacoeconomics outcomes research (ispor) is to promote health economics and outcomes research excellence to improve decision making for health globally.

What it reported doing in 2024

Ispor is a global, nonprofit scientific and educational society advancing excellence in health economics and outcomes research (heor) to improve healthcare decision-making worldwide.ispor has over 18,000 invidividual and chapter members across more than 100 countries who are involved in healthcare economics and outcomes research, including stakeholders from academia, government, payers, industry, healthcare providers, and patient organizations.ispor fosters the use of health economics and outcomes research for healthcare policy and decision-making worldwide with over 75 regional chapters and nearly 100 student networks across the globe. Through task forces, councils, and special interest groups, ispor also develops consensus guidelines on outcomes research methods and the application of this research in healthcare decisions. The ispor good practices reports are highly cited, expert consensus guidance recommendations that set international standards for heor and its use in healthcare decision making. Other ispor reports and research tools provide guidance on important areas such as hta, health policy, ai and real-world evidence. These resources are widely used with over 1,000,000 downloads annually.ispor publishes three scientific journals and multiple newsletters to advance the field of health economics and outcomes research and help healthcare leaders make evidence-based decisions. In 2024, the society published 5 new ispor reports in its journal value in health and provided educational excellence through initiatives like the heor learning lab, short courses, and webinars.ispor's annual conferences and summits provide a forum to facilitate the interchange of scientific knowledge in health economics and outcomes research and its use in healthcare policy and decision-making. In 2024, ispor hosted international conferences in atlanta and barcelona with a record attendance over 10,000 attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 96% 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 most voting board members are independent. The filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 46
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 46
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 80.9%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 1.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.56; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 80.9% of revenue deployed · 84% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $346K · 22 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.8M reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 42/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 26/100.