World Education Research Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
271239140
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2022383200
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$136,211
Expenses
$97,177
Assets
$276,694
Liabilities
$67,692

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEOVANA MENDONA LUNARDI MENDES (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LIESEL EBERSOHN - PRES-ELECT (THEN PRES. (TRANS. @ 6/24))
  • GEOVANA MENDONA LUNARDI MENDES (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • ROCIO GARCIA-CARRION (SECRETARY GENERAL)

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

The world education research association (wera) was established to build capacity and interest in education research, foster sound education research policies and practices, and promote the use and application of education research worldwide. Wera partners with national, regional, and international specialty research associations that are committed to advancing education research as a scientific and scholarly field. Wera undertakes programs and initiatives that are global in nature and transcend what any one organization can accomplish in a single country, region, or area of specialization. Currently, twenty-eight research associations from around the world are members of wera. The members of these associations are faculty, researchers, scholars, students and other professionals that conduct education research.

What it reported doing in 2024

Wera organized and sponsored substantive symposia, sessions, capacity development opportunities, workshops and related meetings focused on the latest finding, issues, and trends in education research. In september 2024, wera convened the 2024 wera focal meeting in manchester in conjunction with the british educational research association (bera). The focal meeting brought together researchers, policy leaders, and practitioners from 49 countries to participate in approximately 117 program sessions including: paper sessions (62), symposia (15), poster sessions (3), as well as other pertinent sessions (37) focused on advancing education research worldwide. In 2024, wera also sponsored symposia or gave invited plenary addresses (in-person and/or virtual) at international meetings in germany, USA, spain, the united kingdom (uk) and russia. All of these sessions were held in cooperation with and at the site of meetings of member associations or relevant role player sites. In addition, wera presented numerous virtual worldwide webinar presentations and hosted online writing seminars. Early career scholars are also supported through the wera mentoring programme and doctoral and early career (dec) network. The wera visiting research award, in collaboration with the wera institutional member, the international association for the evaluation of educational achievement (iea) and the university of hamburg, germany as well as with centre for the study of resilience (csr), the centre for evaluation and assessment (cea), university of pretoria (up) and with the wera association member, the educational research association singapore (eras), the centre for assessment and evaluation (cae) at the national institute of education, nanyang technological university, singapore (nie ntu, singapore) were also awarded in 2024 to three scholars. Furthermore, wera supported 12 international research networks (irns) involving more than 60 scholars. The wera task force, global challenges and education, continued with innovations that enable positive education outcomes despite severe adversity and presented symposia in this regard. The wera task force, global research in extended education, presented numerous meetings, events, a webinar series, and also a conference entitled "bricolage: research methodologies and perspectives in extended education" in september 2024, in brisbane, australia.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 23
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.5%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 28.7%; rating input score 29

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: 28.7%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.85; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.6% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.5% of revenue deployed · 28.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $28K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.