Technology Transfer Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510175250
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Rating
75
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$33,961
Expenses
$16,048
Assets
$19,066

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Donald Siegel (Outgoing President Until August 2023)
  • Maribel Guerrero Cano (Incoming President Since September 2023)

People named in this filing

  • Donald Siegel (Outgoing President Until August 2023)
  • Maribel Guerrero Cano (Incoming President Since September 2023)

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

The Technology Transfer Society is exempt under Internal Revenue Code section 501c3 as an educational and scientific professional association.

What it reported doing in 2025

The Technology Transfer Society T2S is a professional academic society that usually publishes an academic journal Journal of Technology Transfer and an annual in-person conference Technology Transfer Society Conference but the conference has not held during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2024 the T2S Society reactivated its annual meeting in Brussels at Vrije Universiteit Brussel VUB and Universite Libre de Bruxelles. The organizers covered expenses through registration fees no membership fees were charged. In 2025 the T2S Conference hosted by the ASU Global Center for Technology Transfer celebrated the societys 50th anniversary [https: 2025t2sconference.oa-event.com ]. On November 3-4 the conference was celebrated with the participation of scholars from 14 countries 11 sessions a keynote address by the ASU President a tribute to Prof. Bozeman and Link two meet-the-editor panels sessions and contributions from the local ecosystem.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 100% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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 total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.3%; rating input score 47
  • 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: 52.7%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.19; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 69.7% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 100% per year; rating input score 100; 99th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 13.4% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 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 47/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.