Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Research Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842826835
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-PF 2020
Location
Wilmette, IL, USA
Phone
4348723273
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Reported finances

Revenue
$5,030
Expenses
$1,440
Assets
$23,698
Liabilities
$1,440

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jennifer Edwards (President 1/1-12/31/25)
  • Caroline Attardo Genco (Past President)
  • H Steven Seifert (Ex Officio Board Member and Past President)

People named in this filing

  • Jennifer Edwards (President 1/1-12/31/25)
  • Caroline Attardo Genco (Past President)
  • Alison Criss (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote basic research in Neisseria gonorrhoeae biology.

What it reported doing in 2025

Activities for early career investigators: 1) Held a virtual workshop on grant writing on January 31, 2025. This was moderated by NgoRS board members and featured early career and established investigators sharing their insights into writing a competitive scientific grant. 2) Held a virtual workshop on September 11, 2025 on preparing yourself for the job market. This was moderated by NgoRS board members and featured NgoRS members in different fields answering questions about their careers. 3) Hosted a networking event for graduate students and postdocs with faculty at the International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference in March 2025. 4) Hosted the NgoRS Early Career Researcher Paper Award, which recognizes a graduate student or postdoc every quarter for their outstanding scientific publication, as voted on by NgoRS Board members. The award does not come with any financial benefit; it is a named honor only.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 69% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 63
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 41.1%; rating input score 41
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 71.4%; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.46; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 31.9% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 41.1% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $1K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 41/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.