The Institute for Safer Chemical Alternatives Incorporated

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
823826860
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Ripton, VT, USA
Phone
9787907353
Rating
91
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Pollution Abatement and Control Services

Reported finances

Revenue
$141,121
Expenses
$109,266
Assets
$228,680
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Joel A Tickner (President and Clerk)

People named in this filing

  • Joel A Tickner (President and Clerk)
  • Kenneth Geiser (Treasurer)
  • Nicole Acevedo (Director)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Environmental Health and Technology Policy Research/Stakeholder Engagement

What it reported doing in 2024

Development of a Center of Excellence for Chemical Alternatives. Work to establish a steering committee, develop goals and begin research on a business plan and case study of chemical substitution as well as a prioritization framework.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76.6%; rating input score 77
  • Program expense ratio: 97.7%; 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: 22.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.09; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 91.2% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 42.6% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 40.8% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76.6% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • 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.