Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
223941545
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2011, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Minneapolis, MN, USA
Phone
3126735832
Rating
72
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Neurology, Neuroscience Research

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,724,342
Expenses
$2,399,614
Assets
$2,309,636
Liabilities
$688,512

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • AMEER HASSAN DO (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • THANH NGUYEN MD (PRESIDENT)
  • SANTIAGO ORTEGA-GUTIERREZ MD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
  • CATHERINE GAHRES (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR THROUGH APRIL)
  • JOYCE PASCHALL (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AS OF DECEMBER)

People named in this filing

  • AMEER HASSAN DO (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • THANH NGUYEN MD (PRESIDENT)
  • SANTIAGO ORTEGA-GUTIERREZ MD (PRESIDENT-ELECT)

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

The society of vascular and interventional neurology (svin) is a nonprofit medical society dedicated to representing the advancement of interventional neurology as a field. Svin was created to achieve the highest level of care for patients through increased collaboration in scientific research and by educating young professionals and training young investigators. Svin also aims to provide opportunities to connect leaders in the field and provide a common ground for dialogue and creation of practice and safety standards.

What it reported doing in 2024

Events - svin's annual meeting is an educational and networking event for physicians, industry partners, and members of the stroke care team, with approximately 900 annual attendees. Svin also hosts "svin break," a virtual meeting for vascular and interventional neurology trainees, and international hands-on training workshops through the mission thrombectomy global access for stroke treatment initiative. Also, the event includes the following:--industry rep training course: an in-person training program tailor-made for industry clinical representatives. Taught by leading interventional neurologists, the program provides immersive presentations and collaborative discussions of neurointerventional procedures, neuro imaging, and the rationales for treatment approaches. --global neurointerventional coalition ("gnic") workshops: gnic is an in-person meeting of non-profit medical societies and industry partners interested in the development of best practice standards of training and standards of practice for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. Special topics are selected each year for focused discussions on improving patient access to stroke treatments and improving patient outcomes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 95% 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 most voting board members are independent. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 74
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.7%; rating input score 63
  • Program expense ratio: 72.2%; rating input score 72
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.9%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.6% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 17.1% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.5% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.7% of revenue deployed · 72.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $639K reported
  • Consistency: 30 of 31 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign grants require schedule f did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.