Society for Integrative Oncology Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331071221
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pepper Pike, OH, USA
Phone
8589452446
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Cancer Research

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$835,644
Expenses
$225,845
Assets
$643,294
Liabilities
$100,893

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

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SANTOSH RAO MD ABOIM (PRESIDENT)
  • CHANNING PALLER MD (PRESIDENT-EL)

People named in this filing

  • SANTOSH RAO MD ABOIM (PRESIDENT)
  • CHANNING PALLER MD (PRESIDENT-EL)
  • VIRAJ MASTER MD PHD FACS (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Providing educational opportunities to members and committed to the study and application of integrative and complementary therapies for cancer patients. It provides a convenient forum for presentation, discussion and peer review of evidence based research and treatment.

What it reported doing in 2024

Sio has continued to lead the international field of integrative oncology by developing grant-funded, free video training modules with cme based on the sio-asco guideline on anxiety and depression. Sio received several large grants - 200,000 for management and hosting of the 2025 international conference in boston, ma, at harvard medical school; 50,000 for publication of a comprehensive integrative oncology textbook; and 25,000 for strategic planning sessions. The 2024 sio conference in irvine, ca, was the most profitable and largest event since 2019 and continued sios partnership with mascc (multi-national association of supportive care in cancer). The successful (28,000) 2024 donation drive and record membership (700) demonstrate the societys value. Sio committees and special interest groups continue to publish in our partner journals, journal of integrative and complementary medicine, and the journal oncology.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 71% for direct work, and 29% for grants.

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 some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 34
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 18.8%; rating input score 19
  • Program expense ratio: 69.6%; rating input score 70
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 76th 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 73%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.85; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 18.8% of revenue deployed · 69.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $157K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.