Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium INC FY2020 filing

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Austin, TX501(c)(3)Since 2000Health CareEIN 04-3503931Revenue $7.0M in FY2020

On file with the IRScdisc.org7500 Rialto Blvd Ste 1-250, 78735-8556 · Austin, TXTax-exempt since Nov 2011Publicly supported — 509(a)(2)

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To create connected Standards across the study information lifecycle to enable accessible, interoperable, and reuable Data for more meaningful and effective research.

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71¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$1.7M paid to officers and key staff.
Mission: Form 990 Part I, line 1 · Status: IRS Pub. 78 · Programs: Part IX · Pay: Part VII

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FY2020 · Form 990Independent: from IRS data, not the org
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IRS status
501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
Looks good: the IRS lists gifts to it as deductible.
IRS Pub. 78 · IRS BMF
Latest return
FY2025
latest Form 990
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IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
1 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average deficit $685K a year · 8% of revenue · last 6 filings
Concern: a surplus in 1 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
71%
of spending
Fine: 71% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$1.7M
to officers and key staff · 23% of spending
Worth a look: pay to officers and key staff is 23% of spending; over 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
8 mo
of spending, in cash
Looks good: 8.5 months of spending in cash; 3 or more.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$1.3M
19% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 19% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
16
of 16 voting members
Looks good: 16 of 16 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$7.0M
Spent
$7.6M
To programs
71%
Net assets
$5.3M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$7.0M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$7.0M
FY2021$7.7M
FY2022$8.1M
FY2023$9.3M
FY2024$9.2M
FY2025$8.9M
Expenses
$7.6M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$7.6M
FY2021$7.9M
FY2022$9.6M
FY2023$11.2M
FY2024$9.5M
FY2025$8.5M
Net assets
$5.3M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$5.3M
FY2021$5.1M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$1.7M
FY2024$1.4M
FY2025$1.8M

From the FY2020 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2025. IRS ruling in Nov 2011.

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Where the money goes

71 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 71% · $5.4M Management & general 24% · $1.9M Fundraising 5% · $349K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25, columns B–D. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

23 people listed on the 990; $1.7M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO (until 12/8/20)
$384,310Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Development Officer
$294,153Pt VII · Sec A
Treasurer & COO (until 11/29/20)
$220,879Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Data Science
$199,722Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Membership & Events
$193,991Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Data Science
$168,686Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Development Opportunities
$140,017Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Standards Development
$135,099Pt VII · Sec A

Chris Decker’s $339K as President & CEO is at the 91st percentile of top reported officer pay among 3128 $1–10M health care nonprofits. Peer set: organizations in the same NTEE major field of work and revenue-size band, compared on each org’s own highest-paid officer/key-employee, from Form 990 Part VII / 990-PF Part VIII. Descriptive placement, not a verdict on whether the pay is appropriate.

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 8 named individuals · Part VII

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
David E Evans—$220,202$423,735———
David Evans———$410,719$318,958—
David R Bobbitt————$360,221$384,310
Chris Decker$338,654$324,220————
Peter Van Reusel—$287,695$302,748$300,553$289,997$294,153
Nicole Harmon$240,327—————
Rhonda Facile—$188,836$238,070———
Sheila Leaman—$220,273$238,070$222,968$192,399$193,991

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

  • Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
  • Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Develops global data standards to improve medical research and healthcare.

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3 programs · $5.0M · in their own filed words · FY2020
01

Technical

To date, cdisc has developed therapeutic area standards for over 40 diseases. In 2020, cdisc released, in three and half weeks, a package of resources to address COVID-19 in clinical studies.

$3.9Mprogram expense
02

Education

In 2020, cdisc education responded to the global pandemic and resulting quarantine by virtualizing 17 classroom courses. Over 40 live training events were hosted online by cdisc in 2020. Eight new online courses and two new chinese course translations were published in 2020.

$780Kprogram expense
03

Events

Cdisc hosted five virtual conferences in 2020. Four of these conferences were "interchanges," individually focused on europe, japan, china and united states markets; and one "technicon," a new technical conference held as three separate tracks for three different geographic regions - the americas; europe, middle east and africa; and…

$391Kprogram expense

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Who pays for it.

From grant filings on record. Receipts are incomplete: individual donors are never listed.

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$7.0M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$245K
Money outPt IX
$7.6M
Ln 25
Programscol B$5.4M
Managementcol C$1.9M
Fundraisingcol D$349K
Owns and owesPt X
$5.3M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.4M
Total assetsLn 16$6.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
23
listed · VII A
PaidVII A8
Voting boardVI 1a16
IndependentVI 1b16
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.1M
Government grantsLn 1e$528K
Noncash giftsLn 1g$533K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.6M
Investment incomeLn 3$245K
Total revenueLn 12$7.0M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$838K
SavingsLn 2$4.6M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$5.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$822K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$29K
Total assetsLn 16$6.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$5.3M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 533
VolunteersI 61,100
Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14Yes
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$5.8M$5.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$816K$822K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$44K$29K
Total assetsLn 16$7.2M$6.5M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.3M$1.3M
Net assetsLn 32$5.9M$5.3M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$973K$333K$640K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$3.0M$2.2M$603K$232K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$169K$158K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$512K$333K$135K$44K
Payroll taxesLn 10$302K$204K$80K$18K
Legal feesLn 11b$51K$51K
Accounting feesLn 11c$63K$63K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$1.5M$1.5M$22K$3K
Office expensesLn 13$59K$5K$52K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$248K$178K$59K$10K
OccupancyLn 16$162K$106K$44K$11K
TravelLn 17$35K$28K$7K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$4K$4K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$20K$13K$5K$1K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$406K$330K$48K$28K
All other expensesLn 24e$26K$26K
Total functional expensesLn 25$7.6M$5.4M$1.9M$349K

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $8.9M$8.5M$421K$1.8M 990 PDF
FY2024 $9.2M$9.5M−$286K$1.4M 990 PDF
FY2023 $9.3M$11.2M−$1.9M$1.7M 990 PDF
FY2022 $8.1M$9.6M−$1.5M$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $7.7M$7.9M−$192K$5.1M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $7.0M$7.6M−$658K$5.3M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs I · Grants R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons A · Public support F · Foreign M · Noncash
See the full FY2020 990 (6 parts)
Part I · Summary $6,961,045 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $6,130,091$4,128,054
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $4,184,781$2,587,548
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $74,179$245,443
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $10,389,051$6,961,045
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $4,956,160$5,004,378
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $4,070,685$2,614,954
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,026,845$7,619,332
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $1,362,206−$658,287
Part VI · Governance 16 of 16 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body16
VI-1b Independent voting members16
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $6,961,045 across 8 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$2,652,209
VIII-1e Government grants$527,925
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$947,920
VIII-1g Noncash contributions (included above)$533,271
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,128,054
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,587,548$2,587,548
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $245,443$245,443
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,587,548 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $245,443$6,961,045
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $7,619,332 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $332,603 · Management $640,382$972,985
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $2,213,459 · Management $603,294 · Fundraising $231,679$3,048,432
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $158,355 · Management $11,024$169,379
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $333,208 · Management $135,030 · Fundraising $43,525$511,763
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $203,830 · Management $80,434 · Fundraising $17,555$301,819
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $50,864$50,864
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $63,103$63,103
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,516,248 · Management $21,930 · Fundraising $2,826$1,541,004
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,942 · Management $51,969 · Fundraising $1,957$58,868
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $177,938 · Management $59,292 · Fundraising $10,431$247,661
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $106,480 · Management $44,113 · Fundraising $11,289$161,882
IX-17 TravelPrograms $28,464 · Management $6,651$35,115
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $4,018$4,018
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $13,211 · Management $5,469 · Fundraising $1,400$20,080
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $330,149 · Management $47,609 · Fundraising $28,300$406,058
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $26,301$26,301
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $5,418,887 · Management $1,851,483 · Fundraising $348,962$7,619,332
Part X · Balance sheet $6,518,601 assets, 14 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $750,926$838,449
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $5,094,457$4,558,362
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $344,204$159,575
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $135,076$110,711
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $44,426$29,498
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $816,396$822,006
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $7,185,485$6,518,601
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $543,204$462,871
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $717,172$788,908
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,260,376$1,251,779
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $4,244,607$4,819,437
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,680,502$447,385
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $5,925,109$5,266,822
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $7,185,485$6,518,601
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $5,266,822 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$6,961,045
XI-2 Total expenses$7,619,332
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$658,287
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$5,925,109
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$5,266,822

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