International Visitors Council of Philadelphia
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 231489115
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Phone
- 2154862090
- Rating
- 72
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Exchange, N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $514,953
- Expenses
- $568,648
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SIOBHAN LYONS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- SIOBHAN LYONS (PRESIDENT): $179,065 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ivc's mission is to build partnerships among people from the greater philadelphia area and citizens of other countries that strengthen democratic ideals, encourage economic development and promote cultural understanding through the exchange of ideas and knowledge, dialogue between americans and guests from abroad to promote democracy, free enterprise, international trade, and educational exchanges.
What it reported doing in 2022
Citizens diplomat academy educational exchanges created global learning opportunities for students in philadelphia, cultivating leadership, diplomatic skills, and cultural competencies among students and preparing them for in-demand global careers. As part of cdi's response to the pandemic, philadelphia students had opportunities for virtual exchange through the citizen diplomat academy. These free, virtual international exchanges were exclusively designed to connect students between the ages of 14-18 years old, who are interested in "how to succeed as a stem innovator- and "how to succeed as a social innovator."
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Grant-funded. 68% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
- 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. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 9
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71.5%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 64.4%; rating input score 64
- Fundraising efficiency: $99.93 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -10.4%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 31.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71.5% of revenue deployed · 64.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $366K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $179K · 12 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 22 of 22 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.