World Federation of Orthodontists
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 431753710
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO, USA
- Phone
- 3149931700
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $738,757
- Expenses
- $362,820
- Assets
- $3,062,152
- Liabilities
- $461,991
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- VAID NIKHILESH (PRESIDENT)
- SKOULARIKIS PANAGIOTIS (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DELLINGER ARON (SECRETARY GENERAAL): $18,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advance the art and science of orthodontics throughout the world by fulfilling the following objectives:1) encourage high standards in orthodontics throughout the world;2) encourage and assist in the formation of national associations and societies of orthodontists when requested;3) encourage and assist in the formation of national and regional certifying boards in the field of orthodontics when requested;4) promote orthodontic research;5) disseminate scientific information;6) promote desirable standards of training and certification for orthodontists; and 7) sponsor and administer the international orthodontic congress (ioc) to be held at least once every five years
What it reported doing in 2024
Education of members through scientific lecture programs and publications. Promotion of research and high standards in orthodontics throughout the world. There are 6,340 members in the organization.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 76% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 70
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 84.6%; rating input score 85; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 50.9%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 8.44; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 11 of 13 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $18K · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2016 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 53/100.