Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251709648
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2012
Location
McLean, VA, USA
Phone
7035569222
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neurology, Neuroscience

Reported finances

Revenue
$279,576
Expenses
$246,571
Assets
$404,073
Liabilities
$36,841

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lucile Capuron (President)
  • Christopher Engeland (Past President)
  • Ruth Barrientos (President elect)

People named in this filing

  • Lucile Capuron (President)
  • Christopher Engeland (Past President)
  • Michael Bailey (Sec/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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Pnirs is an international organization for researchers who are interested in interactions between the nervous system and the immune system, and the relationship between behavior and health.

What it reported doing in 2025

Membership ServicesPNIRS delivers robust membership services designed to support and enrich its interdisciplinary community of researchers.Access & PublicationsMembers enjoy free access to the PNIRS Presents webinar recordingsproviding ongoing, virtual engagement with leading psychoneuroimmunology (PNI) scientists and benefit from discounted open-access publication fees (25% off) for the societys affiliated journals, including Brain, Behavior and Immunity, BBI-Health, and BBI-Integrative.Meeting & Publication DiscountsMembership comes with reduced registration fees for the Annual Meeting, alongside discounted rates for the foundational PNI textbook Primer of PsychoNeuroImmunology Research.Professional Visibility & NetworkingMembers can post meetings and job notices on the PNIRS website and have access to a membership directory that fosters networking, collaboration, and community visibility.Membership ToolsElectronic tools streamline member engagement, including online applications, dues renewal, access via the Member Portal, password recovery, frequent FAQs, and support from the Central Office. Members can update contact information and access various resources across the site.Support for Trainee & Global InclusionPNIRS supports the participation of early-career scientists through reduced fees and travel awards, and is expanding inclusivity by offering adjusted dues for members from low- and middle-income countries.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 85% 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 available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 86
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.4%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 87.9%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 92.3%; rating input score 92; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 11.8%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.64; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.1% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.4% of revenue deployed · 87.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $217K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 18 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.