Licensing International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 133023588
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- New York, NY, USA
- Phone
- 2122441944
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,347,002
- Expenses
- $4,693,802
- Assets
- $6,950,423
- Liabilities
- $1,809,230
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
35 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MAURA REGAN (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- MAURA REGAN (PRESIDENT): $538,962 total reported compensation
- MARIA UNCARO (VP - MEMBER ENGAGEMENT): $202,155 total reported compensation
- LEAH HUNTER (DIRECTOR OF FINANCE & ADMINISTRATION): $140,609 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Licensing international's mission is to foster the growth and expansion of licensing around the world, raise the level of professionalism for licensing practitioners, and create better awareness of the benefits of licensing to the business community at large. The organization represents the interests of its global membership by serving as a source of education and insights, establishing standards of ethical and professional conduct, recognizing excellence and achievement in the industry, and providing a forum for networking and relationship-building.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization works with a number of partners to develop exclusive research into the trends, obstacles, and developments affecting the licensing industry to ensure members have in-depth insights and data to support their evolving strategies. The organization sponsors trade shows, conferences, and educational seminars for its members and the larger licensing industry to provide opportunities to network and share expertise. The organization provides consultation and support to members in the form of one-on-one meetings, a mentoring program, and access to best practices including a diversity and inclusion toolkit as well as wellness benefits.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 43
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.2%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.48; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.7%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.4% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 24 of 24 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $539K · 35 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $115K reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes foreign activity and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.