The Food Addiction Institute Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
611203757
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Clearwater, FL, USA
Phone
5132899080
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alcohol, Drug and Substance Abuse, Dependency Prevention and Treatment

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,062
Expenses
$21,398
Assets
$70,097

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MICHAEL PRAGER (CHAIR)
  • MONA OBAID (VICE-CHAIR)
  • SACHIR AJLOUNI (BOARD MEMBER)

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 food addiction institute, founded in 2005, is a global, independent nonprofit organization whose vision is to mitigate food addiction and encourage its treatment in the world. We support the recovery of those who experience food addiction to recover, and help the caregivers who work on their behalf by identifying and providing perspective and resources. To accomplish our mission, the institute works toward the following: fostering the inclusion of food addiction as a substance use disorder in the diagnostic manuals of the world health organization and the american psychiatric association. Educating physicans, dietitians, nutritionists, therapists, counselors, and allied health professionals that food addiction is a treatable disorder. Advocating widespread acceptance of food addiction in society and promoting effective abstinence-based solutions. Providing a global forum to develop and distribute innovative and effective public health strategies for current and future.

What it reported doing in 2025

Compiled and catalogued over 800 peer reviewed scientific articles to support a submission to the american psychiatric association for consideration in favor of an effort to have food addiction accepted as a medical diagnosis in the next revision of the diagnostic and statistical manual (dsm). Provided a public online forum for the general public and treatment professionals to educate both about food addiction and effective treatments. Provided a writing grant to finance the writing and publishing of a book on the aspect of denial in food addiction. Created a public service information in the form of social media posts, website content, video content and podcasts to raise public awareness.

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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 62.8%; rating input score 63
  • 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: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 37.2%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.28; rating input score 76; 76th 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: -13.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 62.8% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $21K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.