World Institute for Disaster Risk Management
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 542051765
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2011
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2011
- Location
- Blacksburg, VA, USA
- Phone
- 5402316905
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $140,206
- Expenses
- $187,637
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of the World Institute for Disaster Risk Management, Inc. is to: (1) promote, encourage, and aid scientific investigation and research of natural and human-caused disasters; (2) promote, encourage, aid, and conduct independent third-party investigation, analysis and research to enable people to anticipate disasters and take action to protect life, property and development; (3) avert disasters by sharing knowledge, building know-how, and mobilizing resources; and (4) provide interdisciplinary programs addressing prevention strategies, implementation activities, education, and knowledge dissemination for both human-caused technological risks and natural disasters.
What it reported doing in 2011
Conducting scientific investigation, analysis and research to map and model landslide risks at two locations in Romania in order to reduce losses due to landslides and to provide for better land planning tools.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 2
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 83.3%; rating input score 83
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -33.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -77.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 83.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $156K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2011
- 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: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.