International Society of Political Psychology

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953325946
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Newark, DE, USA
Phone
3194001134
Rating
62
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Political Science

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$667,274
Expenses
$469,257
Assets
$3,564,024
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

35 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CATARINA KINNVALL (PRESIDENT/PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPHER FEDERICO (PRESIDENT-ELECT/PRESIDENT)
  • JOANNE MILLER (VP/PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • ROBERTO GONZALEZ (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SEVERINE BENNETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • SEVERINE BENNETT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $145,894 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 society is a nonprofit, scientific, educational, and non-partisan organization dedicated to the advancement of research on the relationship between psychological and political processes. It holds an annual scientific meeting, publishes an academic journal, and publishes a newsletter approximately nine months a year.

What it reported doing in 2024

Held an annual scientific meeting which was attended by 401 scholars over 102 sessions from various academic disciplines over a three day period. Attendees were grouped into panels where they presented approximately 308 papers and approximately 45 posters. All paper and poster presentations advanced the academic study of political psychology.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 74% 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 total spending goes to programs and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 61
  • Transparency & Controls: 46
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 51.4%; rating input score 51
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: 29.7%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.6; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 31.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.8% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.2% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 51.4% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 26 of 26 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $458K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $146K · 35 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 24 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.