Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium INC FY2023 filing

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Austin, TX501(c)(3)Since 2000Health CareEIN 04-3503931Revenue $9.3M in FY2023

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.

501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
75¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$2.1M 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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501(c)(3)
not on the IRS revocation list
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Tax-deductible gifts
Yes
Donations are tax-deductible
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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
75%
of spending
Fine: 75% of spending went to programs; 65% to 75%.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$2.1M
to officers and key staff · 19% of spending
Fine: pay to officers and key staff is 19% of spending; 15% to 20%.
Pt VII · Sec A
Cash reserves
2 mo
of spending, in cash
Fine: 2.5 months of spending in cash; 1 to 3.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Liabilities
$2.3M
58% of total assets
Fine: liabilities are 58% of assets; 50% to 65%.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
15
of 15 voting members
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Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$9.3M
+15% vs prior year
Spent
$11.2M
To programs
75%
Net assets
$1.7M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$9.3M
FY2023▲ +15%
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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
$11.2M
FY2023▲ +17%
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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
$1.7M
FY2023▼ -53%
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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 FY2023 Form 990 · figures checked against the IRS filing · see the original

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

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Where the money goes

75 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 75% · $8.4M Management & general 18% · $2.1M Fundraising 7% · $790K

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

24 people listed on the 990; $2.1M paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation
President & CEO
$423,735Pt VII · Sec A
Chief Standards Officer
$302,748Pt VII · Sec A
VP Global Relations
$238,070Pt VII · Sec A
VP, Development & Partnerships
$238,070Pt VII · Sec A
VP Data Science
$229,556Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Data Science Operations
$187,581Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Standards Development
$176,755Pt VII · Sec A
Head of Standards Projects
$176,755Pt 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

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

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3 programs · $7.9M · in their own filed words · FY2023
01

Technical

To date, cdisc has developed therapeutic area standards for over 44 disease areas and we continue to update and expand these standards when possible. In 2023, cdisc continues to develop significant new versions of the cdisc foundational standards (send, cdash, SDTM, sdtmig, adam, controlled terminology and data exchange standards).

$5.9Mprogram expense
02

Education

In 2023, cdisc education held the most live on-line training events in program history with over 130 virtual training events led throughout the year and over 1200 virtual attendees. The education team migrated to a new e-commerce system and upgraded the cdisc learning system to the latest version for the first time since 2018, allowing…

$1.1Mprogram expense
03

Events

Cdisc hosted three virtual and one in-person conference in 2023. These conferences were "interchanges," individually focused on europe, japan, china and united states markets. The events promoted recent advancements by cdisc standards teams, cdisc members and independent developers.

$862Kprogram 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 FY2023 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$9.3M
Ln 12
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$28K
Money outPt IX
$11.2M
Ln 25
Programscol B$8.4M
Managementcol C$2.1M
Fundraisingcol D$790K
Owns and owesPt X
$1.7M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.4M
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A9
Voting boardVI 1a15
IndependentVI 1b15
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$4.8M
Government grantsLn 1e$449K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$4.5M
Investment incomeLn 3$28K
Total revenueLn 12$9.3M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$1.2M
SavingsLn 2$1.2M
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$845K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$53K
Total assetsLn 16$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$2.3M
Net assetsLn 32$1.7M
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 FY23End FY23
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$2.8M$2.4M
InvestmentsLn 11–13$827K$845K
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$62K$53K
Total assetsLn 16$5.1M$4.0M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.5M$2.3M
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M$1.7M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Pay of current officers, directors and key staffLn 5$1.3M$562K$472K$266K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$4.7M$3.7M$800K$169K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$192K$179K$12K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$498K$280K$170K$48K
Payroll taxesLn 10$418K$301K$87K$30K
Legal feesLn 11b$2K$2K
Accounting feesLn 11c$66K$66K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$2.2M$1.8M$195K$212K
Office expensesLn 13$64K$4K$58K$2K
Information technologyLn 14$222K$149K$53K$19K
OccupancyLn 16$135K$71K$44K$20K
TravelLn 17$166K$157K$8K$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$14K$14K
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$31K$21K$7K$3K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$1.2M$1.2M$50K$19K
All other expensesLn 24e$15K$15K
Total functional expensesLn 25$11.2M$8.4M$2.1M$790K

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 Viewing $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 $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
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Part I · Summary $9,333,128 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $4,130,952$4,791,339
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $3,935,285$4,513,613
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $39,306$28,176
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$0
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $8,105,543$9,333,128
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 $6,108,543$7,106,100
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $3,501,472$4,118,679
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $9,610,015$11,224,779
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$1,504,472−$1,891,651
Part VI · Governance 15 of 15 board members independent, no flags
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body15
VI-1b Independent voting members15
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 $9,333,128 across 7 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$2,952,817
VIII-1e Government grants$448,785
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$1,389,737
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$4,791,339
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $4,513,613$4,513,613
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $28,176$28,176
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $4,513,613 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $28,176$9,333,128
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $11,224,779 across 16 lines filed
IX-5 Pay of current officers, directors and key staffPrograms $562,179 · Management $472,306 · Fundraising $266,361$1,300,846
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $3,727,272 · Management $800,024 · Fundraising $169,465$4,696,761
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $179,491 · Management $12,245$191,736
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $280,007 · Management $170,263 · Fundraising $48,100$498,370
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $301,210 · Management $86,924 · Fundraising $30,253$418,387
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $2,500$2,500
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $65,905$65,905
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $1,774,410 · Management $195,150 · Fundraising $211,520$2,181,080
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $4,249 · Management $57,798 · Fundraising $1,715$63,762
IX-14 Information technologyPrograms $149,483 · Management $53,042 · Fundraising $19,288$221,813
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $70,956 · Management $44,076 · Fundraising $20,022$135,054
IX-17 TravelPrograms $156,753 · Management $7,540 · Fundraising $1,931$166,224
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsManagement $14,058$14,058
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationPrograms $21,472 · Management $6,886 · Fundraising $2,771$31,129
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $1,153,598 · Management $49,768 · Fundraising $19,051$1,222,417
IX-24e All other expensesManagement $14,737$14,737
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $8,381,080 · Management $2,053,222 · Fundraising $790,477$11,224,779
Part X · Balance sheet $3,979,569 assets, 16 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $491,040$1,219,676
X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $2,340,943$1,163,483
X-3 Pledges and grants receivableStart of year $656,782$62,590
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $494,864$505,090
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $212,697$130,625
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $62,225$52,756
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $827,150$845,349
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $5,085,701$3,979,569
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $578,684$868,188
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $886,724$1,332,739
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $50,000$100,000
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,515,408$2,300,927
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $3,466,220$1,678,642
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $104,073$0
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,570,293$1,678,642
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $5,085,701$3,979,569
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $1,678,642 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$9,333,128
XI-2 Total expenses$11,224,779
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$1,891,651
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,570,293
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$1,678,642

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