World Federation for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133115330
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Phone
3014984100
Rating
70
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Medical Research N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$905,665
Expenses
$616,598
Assets
$5,272,885
Liabilities
$22,544

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GEORGE CONDOUS (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTONIO MATTEONI (VICE PRESIDENT 1)
  • CRISTINA CHAMMAS MD (PAST PRESIDENT (THRU APR))
  • IOAN SPOREA (VP 1 (THRU APR); PAST PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTOPH DIETRICH (TREAS (THRU APR); PRESIDENT-ELECT)

People named in this filing

  • GEORGE CONDOUS (PRESIDENT)
  • ANTONIO MATTEONI (VICE PRESIDENT 1)
  • WON JAE LEE (ADMIN COUNCILOR (THRU APR); VP 2)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To bring sustainable ultrasound programs to underserved areas of the world.

What it reported doing in 2025

Education programs - wfumb has accredited several international centers of education, which through the efforts of local ultrasound societies, offer accredited medical ultrasound education programs in developing countries, while increasing the local society's expertise in education. As part of the program, wfumb provides qualified visiting professors to enhance these educational experiences. Centers are located in dhaka, bangladesh; kampala, uganda; miranda, venezuela; timisora, romania; jakarta, indonesia; ulaanbaatar, mongolia; lome, togo; addis ababa, ethiopia; lusaka, zambia; lima, peru; hue city, vietnam; manila, philippines; suva, fiji; tirana, albania; chisinau, republic of moldova; khartoum, sudan; nairobi, kenya, oviedo, paraguay, and zagreb, croatia, santo domingo, dominican republic and port moresby, papua new guinea. In general, each is responsible for holding at least one course per year. Wfumb's education project provides funding for renowned ultrasound lectures in cooperation with a local ultrasound society within that particular region. Wfumb's scholarship program subsidizes travel expenses for individuals from developing countries wfumb provides up to 2,000 usd for centre of education directors to attend the biennial congress to meet and participate in the educational sessions, to visit and train at established ultrasound education centers. Wfumb also provides speakers to other international education courses.world congress and societies activities: wfumb works with partner organizations such as rad-aid, isr, icus, wfpi, wmc, itw and ifmsa to improve ultrasound education worldwide. Wfumb attends international congresses, rsna, arab health to meet with industry partners to obtain support for upcoming congresses such as wfumb 2027 lima, peru and wfumb 2029 mumbai, india.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 82% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 52
  • Transparency & Controls: 75
  • Accountability: 88
  • Sustainability: 82
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 78.4%; rating input score 78
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Pass
    • Conducts field audits: Pass
    • May suspend future funding: Pass
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Limited
    • Requires grant agreements: Limited
    • May require repayment: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 50%; rating input score 50; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 31.9%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.55; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47% of revenue deployed · 78.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $483K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 50/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.