Jcpds-international Centre for Diffraction Data

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
231722541
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Newtown Square, PA, USA
Phone
6103259814
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Geology

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,040,457
Expenses
$10,132,293
Assets
$35,658,628
Liabilities
$13,028,626

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THOMAS BLANTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • THOMAS BLANTON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $473,248 total reported compensation
  • RONGSHENG ZHOU (SENIOR SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER): $281,407 total reported compensation
  • XIAOJING ZHU (SENIOR SOFTWARE PROGRAMMER): $219,585 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 international centre for diffraction data (icdd) will continue to be the world center for quality diffraction and related data, and world class software to meet and anticipate the needs of the technical community. Icdd promotes the application of materials characterization methods in science and technology by providing forums for the exchange of ideas and information.

What it reported doing in 2024

Jcpds maintained, updated, and disseminated the powder diffraction file (a collection of single-phase x-ray powder diffraction patterns in the form of tables of characteristic interplanar spacings and corresponding relative intensities along with other pertinent physical and crystallographic properties). Data for the publication in the powder diffraction file are acquired through contributions from individual scientists, corporate laboratories, literature surveys, and a grant-in-aid program. Approximately 200 leading scientific journals are searched manually for powder diffraction data. Additional literature surveys covering patents, dissertations, and the remaining open literature are performed utilizing various online databases and search techniques. All data are critically reviewed and evaluated by the editorial staff. Each pattern must pass through a four-tiered editorial review process before it can be included in the pdf. As technology evolves, the quality requirements for reference pattern data also evolve. As a result, information in the pdf is continuously reviewed and upgraded for accuracy and quality. Jcpds also publishes a scientific journal, powder diffraction, and hosts educational courses, conferences, and seminars.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 94% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up 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: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 72
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 56.4%; rating input score 56
  • Program expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.8%; rating input score 94; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: 2 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 25
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • 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: 97.7%; rating input score 98; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: 15.8%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.52; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.37; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.1%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 56.4% of revenue deployed · 64.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $6.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $473K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 39 of 40 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 6 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.