501(c)(3) charity; gifts are tax-deductible.
81¢ of each $1 spent went to programs.
$544K paid to officers and key staff.
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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IRS BMF · Auto-Revocation List
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
Looks good: the latest return is for FY2025, 1 tax year back; within 2 tax years.
IRS e-file · Filing history
Surplus or deficit
5 of 6
filings with a surplus
Average surplus $780K a year · 21% of revenue · last 6 filings
Fine: a surplus in 5 of the last 6 filings.
Pt I · Ln 19 · 6 filings
Spent on programs
81%
of spending
Looks good: 81% of spending went to programs; 75% or more.
Pt IX · Ln 25 · col B
Pay to officers and key staff
$544K
to officers and key staff · 14% of spending
Looks good: pay to officers and key staff is 14% of spending; 15% or less.
Pt VII · Sec A
<1 mo
of spending, in cash
Plus $4.0M in investments, Pt X · Ln 11–13
Fine: 0.7 months of spending in cash, plus $4.0M in investments.
Pt X · Ln 1–2 · Pt I · Ln 18
Named funders
3
named funders · $89K
Looks good: 3 funders name it on their filings; 3 or more.
Funders’ Sch. I, 990-PF
Liabilities
$881K
20% of total assets
Looks good: liabilities are 20% of assets; 50% or less.
Pt X · Ln 26
Independent board members
21
of 21 voting members
Looks good: 21 of 21 voting members are independent, a majority.
Pt VI · Ln 1a–1b
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Revenue
$3.7M
Spent
$3.8M
To programs
81%
Net assets
$3.6M
By yearFY2020–FY2025
Revenue
$3.7M
FY2020
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Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020$3.7M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$3.0M
FY2023$3.6M
FY2024$4.6M
FY2025$5.4M
Expenses
$3.8M
FY2020
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Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020$3.8M
FY2021$2.0M
FY2022$2.8M
FY2023$2.9M
FY2024$3.1M
FY2025$3.1M
Net assets
$3.6M
FY2020
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Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020$3.6M
FY2021$4.3M
FY2022$3.6M
FY2023$4.3M
FY2024$6.2M
FY2025$8.5M

From the FY2020 Form 990 (year ending June 2020) · 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 Dec 1970.

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Where the money goes

81 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

Program services 81% · $3.1M Management & general 19% · $704K

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; $544K paid to officers and key staff.

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation · most recent filed roster (FY2019); the FY2020 filing did not itemize Part VII
Executive Director Until May 2019
$199,546Pt VII · Sec A
Managing Director
$126,500Pt VII · Sec A
Education Director
$114,420Pt VII · Sec A
Operations & Finance Director
$103,744Pt VII · Sec A
Publications Board Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Finance Comm Chair
$0Pt VII · Sec A
$0Pt VII · Sec A
Board Member
$0Pt VII · Sec A

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

NameFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020
John Falcioni$279,089$180,904————
Charity Quick———$254,416$124,721—
Charity Quick-Borgard—$159,368$251,580———
Edward Schilling—————$199,546
Jennifer Novesky———$141,692$135,500$126,500
Michele Ciapa———$127,674$122,000$114,420
Valerie Kolmaiser———$75,230$113,167$103,744
Lori Saskiewicz$105,000—————

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

Connects biomedical engineers to network, share ideas, and advance their professional development in specific research areas.

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3 programs · $1.7M · in their own filed words · FY2019
01

Annual Meeting

Biomedical engineering society continued the tradition offering an excellent technical content and a meeting environment that offered many opportunities for discussion and social interaction.

$1.5Mprogram expense
02

Special Interest Groups

The organization has established a process for members of the society who have an interest in forming special interest groups (sigs). The purpose of sigs are to provide networking opportunities for the exchange of information and ideas in a specific research area, to provide members with a forum to network and discuss issues relevant to…

$152Kprogram expense
03

Membership

The membership consisted of a wide variety of professionals and leaders that were helpful in the professional development and contributed to the pursuit of excellence in the field of biomedical engineering.

$72Kprogram expense

Funders

Who pays for it.

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

Grants

Schedule I · received and paid
Grants received · FY2024
Total grants receivedfrom 3 funders$89K
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Grants paid · 7 grants · $408K · 2019–2024
Unitemized GrantFY2024$117,909
Unitemized GrantFY2023$124,273
Unitemized GrantFY2022$22,250
Unitemized GrantFY2022$22,250
Unitemized GrantFY2021$52,254
Unitemized GrantFY2020$41,280
Unitemized GrantFY2019$27,992

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

1The main four
Money inPt VIII
$3.7M
Ln 12
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$723K
Other incomeLn 4–11$401K
Money outPt IX
$3.8M
Ln 25
Programscol B$3.1M
Managementcol C$704K
Owns and owesPt X
$3.6M
net assets · Ln 32
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$220K
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$881K
PeoplePt VI, VII
24
listed · VII A
PaidVII A4
Voting boardVI 1a21
IndependentVI 1b21
2In more detail
Revenue in detailPt VIII
Gifts and grantsLn 1h$723K
Government grantsLn 1e$79K
Fees for servicesLn 2g$2.4M
Investment incomeLn 3$179K
Other incomeLn 4–11$401K
Gains on assetsLn 7$51K
Total revenueLn 12$3.7M
Assets in detailPt X, end of year
CashLn 1$220K
Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$220K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$16K
Other assetsLn 15$6K
Total assetsLn 16$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$881K
Net assetsLn 32$3.6M
OperationsPt I, VI
EmployeesI 59
VolunteersI 6250
Fiscal year endsHeaderJune
Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes
Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes
Records policyVI 14No
3Year over year
Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B
LineStart FY20End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2$365K$220K
InvestmentsLn 11–13$4.4M$4.0M
Land, buildings, equipmentLn 10c$11K$16K
Total assetsLn 16$4.9M$4.4M
LiabilitiesLn 26$1.2M$881K
Net assetsLn 32$3.7M$3.6M
4Every line
Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line
LineTotalProgramsManagementFundraising
Grants to domestic individualsLn 2$28K$28K
Other salaries and wagesLn 7$789K$637K$152K
Pension plan contributionsLn 8$58K$47K$11K
Other employee benefitsLn 9$84K$68K$16K
Payroll taxesLn 10$62K$50K$12K
Management feesLn 11a$417K$2K$415K
Legal feesLn 11b$4K$4K
Accounting feesLn 11c$22K$22K
Investment management feesLn 11f$25K$25K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g$37K$33K$4K
Advertising and promotionLn 12$60$60
Office expensesLn 13$21K$17K$4K
OccupancyLn 16$109K$88K$21K
TravelLn 17$246$246
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19$1.5M$1.5M
Depreciation, depletion and amortizationLn 22$5K$5K
InsuranceLn 23$9K$7K$2K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24$542K$532K$10K
All other expensesLn 24e$113K$110K$3K
Total functional expensesLn 25$3.8M$3.1M$704K$0

Filing history

YearMoney inMoney outIn minus outNet assetsDownload
FY2025 Latest $5.4M$3.1M$2.3M$8.5M 990 PDF
FY2024 $4.6M$3.1M$1.5M$6.2M 990 PDF
FY2023 $3.6M$2.9M$695K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2022 $3.0M$2.8M$210K$3.6M 990 PDF
FY2021 $2.0M$2.0M$9K$4.3M 990 PDF
FY2020 Viewing $3.7M$3.8M−$56K$3.6M 990 PDF

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Schedules filed Part IV

III · Programs R · Related orgs G · Fundraising L · Interested persons I · Grants A · Public support J · Pay O · Explanations
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Part I · Summary $3,739,890 revenue, 12 lines filed
I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $726,146$722,682
I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $2,721,353$2,437,053
I-10 Investment incomePrior year $176,968$178,817
I-11 Other revenuePrior year $293,853$401,338
I-12 Total revenuePrior year $3,918,320$3,739,890
I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $28,809$27,992
I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0
I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $1,303,080$993,732
I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0
I-17 Other expensesPrior year $2,546,805$2,773,951
I-18 Total expensesPrior year $3,878,694$3,795,675
I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year $39,626−$55,785
Part VI · Governance 21 of 21 board members independent, 1 to look at
VI-1a Voting members of the governing body21
VI-1b Independent voting members21
VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo
VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo
VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes
VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes
VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes
Part VIII · Statement of revenue $3,739,890 across 10 lines filed
VIII-1b Membership dues$607,882
VIII-1e Government grants$78,600
VIII-1f All other contributions, gifts and grants$36,200
VIII-1h Total contributions, gifts and grants$722,682
VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $2,437,053$2,437,053
VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $127,685$127,685
VIII-5 RoyaltiesExcluded from tax $322,568$322,568
VIII-7 Net gain or loss on sales of assetsExcluded from tax $51,132$51,132
VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $78,770$78,770
VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $2,515,823 · Unrelated business $0 · Excluded from tax $501,385$3,739,890
Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $3,795,675 across 19 lines filed
IX-2 Grants to domestic individualsPrograms $27,992$27,992
IX-7 Other salaries and wagesPrograms $637,398 · Management $151,564$788,962
IX-8 Pension plan contributionsPrograms $46,820 · Management $11,133$57,953
IX-9 Other employee benefitsPrograms $68,202 · Management $16,217$84,419
IX-10 Payroll taxesPrograms $50,411 · Management $11,987$62,398
IX-11a Management feesPrograms $1,769 · Management $414,914$416,683
IX-11b Legal feesManagement $4,335$4,335
IX-11c Accounting feesManagement $21,517$21,517
IX-11f Investment management feesManagement $25,326$25,326
IX-11g Other fees for servicesPrograms $33,014 · Management $4,016$37,030
IX-12 Advertising and promotionManagement $60$60
IX-13 Office expensesPrograms $17,093 · Management $3,763$20,856
IX-16 OccupancyPrograms $88,288 · Management $20,994$109,282
IX-17 TravelPrograms $246$246
IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetingsPrograms $1,470,294$1,470,294
IX-22 Depreciation, depletion and amortizationManagement $4,756$4,756
IX-23 InsurancePrograms $7,130 · Management $1,695$8,825
IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)Programs $532,093 · Management $9,561$541,654
IX-24e All other expensesPrograms $110,460 · Management $2,627$113,087
IX-25 Total functional expensesPrograms $3,091,210 · Management $704,465 · Fundraising $0$3,795,675
Part X · Balance sheet $4,433,761 assets, 15 lines filed
X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $365,467$220,338
X-4 Accounts receivableStart of year $19,427$13,894
X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $77,982$141,171
X-10c Land, buildings and equipment, netStart of year $10,685$15,720
X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $4,434,943$4,036,821
X-15 Other assetsStart of year $5,817$5,817
X-16 Total assetsStart of year $4,914,321$4,433,761
X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $410,992$101,140
X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $742,886$562,981
X-25 Other liabilitiesStart of year $26,646$216,749
X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $1,180,524$880,870
X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $1,940,543$1,882,259
X-28 Net assets with donor restrictionsStart of year $1,793,254$1,670,632
X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $3,733,797$3,552,891
X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $4,914,321$4,433,761
Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $3,552,891 net assets at year end
XI-1 Total revenue$3,739,890
XI-2 Total expenses$3,795,675
XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$55,785
XI-4 Net assets at start of year$3,733,797
XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments−$125,121
XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0
XI-10 Net assets at end of year$3,552,891

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