Society for Color and Appearance in Dentistry
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 262858540
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Manvel, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7135004477
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $149,034
- Expenses
- $153,934
- Assets
- $3,319
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SABIHA BUNEK (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SABIHA BUNEK (PRESIDENT)
- JOE C ONTIVEROS (VICE PRESIDE)
- RAZVAN GHINEA (SECRETARY)
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
To serve as a uniting force in the profession by promoting and fostering greater awareness for color and appearance in dentistry. To advance multidisciplinary collaboration and discovery among industrial and institutional researchers, laboratory technicians, clinicians and others with an interest in color and apperance in dentistry. To create and implement educational and training programs on color and appearance for dental professionals and students. To promote dental health for the general public through the advanced art of science of color and appearance in dentistry.
What it reported doing in 2025
Public & scientific awareness, training, and recognition is provided through an annual conference featuring high-quality, evidence-based information on color related issues in dentistry presented by many of the leaders in this field. The 2025 annual conference meeting at the novotel hotel in miami, Florida included 17 presenters with a total of 85 participants. New opportunities for recognition, funding, and continuing education of laboratory technicians and researchers are provided through annual competitions and awards for excellence in dental technology and research related to color and appearance in esthetic dentistry. Presentations by various industry professionals during the conference qualify for up to 13.5 hours of continuing professional education for all attendees. Awards in various categories are usually presented at the annual conference. The best posters in the clinical and research category related to color and appearance in esthetic dentistry award is a compilimentary registration for the annual meeting. The prosec excellence award for the best clinical and research posters related to color, esthetics and other aspects of ceramic restorations with emphasis on team work was introduced in 2023. The application is submitted with an abstract form. Us/international students and dental professionals with 10 or fewer years in practice below the level of associate professor are eligble for this award. The author of accepted abstracts receives a complimentary registration and hotel accommodation for the annual meeting. In addition, winners in the student and dental professional category receive a complimentary registration for the annual meeting. Other awards programs in recent years include the larsen-chu award open to dental technicians with less than 10 years in practice and the virtuoso award open to dental technicians with more than 10 years in practice for excellence in dental technology. Additionally, the organization supports and promotes the best clinical and laboratory practice and research related to color and appearance in dentistry via publication in the journal of esthetic and restorative dentistry (jerd) with two issues per year devoted to color and appearance in dentistry. Jerd is the only journal devoted to esthetic dentistry with impact factor (if), which is presently 4.1.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -3.3%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.02; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $151K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2011 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.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.