International Society of Exposure Science

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223022846
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Sheridan, WY, USA
Phone
4169153020
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Science and Technology N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$684,146
Expenses
$574,875
Assets
$226,008
Liabilities
$76,794

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

Leadership & pay

15 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ERIN HAYNES (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ERIN HAYNES (PRESIDENT)
  • LISA BAXTER (PAST PRESIDE)
  • CYNTHIA CURL (TREASURER)

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

Ises works to meet humanity's needs for public health and environmental protection through a global community of exposure science professionals. Ises encourages the open exchange of information, provides opportunities for career development, and acknowledges and promotes excellence in the practice of exposure assessments and research in the field of exposure science.

What it reported doing in 2024

Other program services: student and new researcher travel and achievement awards-an active student and new researcher committee organizes a special recognition at the ises annual conference for student abstracts and promotes interaction with peers and mentors during the conference and through the internet throughout the year. Ises provides travel awards to ises students and new researcher members attending the conference and presenting their scientific work through posters and abstracts. A poster competition for ises students also provides cash awards for the most outstanding poster presentations. Scientific achievement awards program-ises recognizes outstanding scientists with four awards. Most of these are awarded annually. Nominations for each of these awards are solicited annually from the membership, and the awards are presented at the annual ises conference. The ises awards committee publicizes the awards through the society website, e-mail, and other channels, reviews and selects the awardees, and administers the awards. The jerome j. Wesolowski award recognizes outstanding contributions to the knowledge and practice of human exposure assessment. The awardee receives 2,500 and presents the wesolowski lecture at the ises annual conference. The joan m. Daisey outstanding young scientist award recognizes outstanding contributions to the science of human exposure analysis by a young scientist. The awardee receives an ises membership for one year and 1,000. The constance l. Mehlman award recognizes outstanding contributions in exposure analysis research that helped shape a national or state policy or that provided new approaches for reduction or prevention exposures. This award is presented every other year or less frequently, based on nominations received. The awardee receives 2,000. Website- the public ises website contains information about the history and organization of the society, eg. Officers and counselors, committees, bylaws, current and past society conferences; employment opportunities, other events of interest, society awards, and exposure science glossary, and a section for students and new researchers. The website also includes externally hosted password protected pages available to current members only, providing electronic access to the society journal and searchable membership directory, and allowing members to join or renew their memberships and pay dues online through a secure credit card processor.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 64
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 63.8%; rating input score 64
  • Program expense ratio: 75.9%; rating input score 76
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
    • Conducts field audits: Limited
    • May suspend future funding: Limited
    • Requires financial reports: Limited
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 29th 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: 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: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 6% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 63.8% of revenue deployed · 75.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $436K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $169K reported
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • 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: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.