WellBeing International Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
831593634
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chevy Chase, MD, USA
Rating
84
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Animal Protection and Welfare

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,327
Expenses
$95,025
Assets
$115,286
Liabilities
$11,978

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Andrew Rowan DPhil (Board President and Chief Program Officer)
  • S Chinny Krishna PhD (Board Vice President)
  • Kathleen Rowan MPA CPA (Board Secretary and CEO)

People named in this filing

  • Andrew Rowan DPhil (Board President and Chief Program Officer)
  • S Chinny Krishna PhD (Board Vice President)
  • Kathleen Rowan MPA CPA (Board Secretary and CEO)

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

Wellbeing international aims to promote optimal well-being for people animals and the environment through collaboration education direct care and science. It was founded on the premise that people animals and the environment are deeply connected and rely on each others well-being.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education engagement and policy: donated professional services valued at $391,337. Wbi provides information to its followers through bimonthly newsletters 22 per year website content and a digital library wbi studies repository - wbisr that addresses issues that are highly relevant to wbis and partners projects. Wbis outreach has grown substantially. Website page views of 220,000 in 2024 doubled compared to 2023 and social media impressions rose by 33% over 2023. Wbi distributes accurate data-driven materials that support its projects and advocacy. Wbisr offers full-text access to relevant academic papers and reports. In 2024 the wbisr hosted more than 6,200 open-access documents related to the well-being of people animals and the environment. Since 2014 wbisr has been visited over 3.8 million times by individuals from 232 countries and territories representing 35,000 institutions. In 2024 wbisr had over 576,000 users increasing by 26% compared to 2023.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 67.7%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 93.4%; rating input score 93

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 27.6%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 67.7% of revenue deployed · 93.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $89K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2018 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.