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← WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY ORGANISATION

Form 990 for tax year 2023

Filed by WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY ORGANISATION.

Totals

Total revenue
$777,718
Total expenses
$1,002,144
Contributions and grants received
$63,428
Grants paid
$116,000
Program service revenue
$202,429
Investment income
$506,435
Other revenue
$5,426
Total assets, end of year
$4,617,715
Total liabilities, end of year
$30,761
Net assets or fund balances, end of year
$4,586,954
Program services expenses (Part IX)
$805,561
Management and general expenses
$196,583
Fundraising expenses
$0
Program service expenses (Part III)
$805,561

Program services were 80.4% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Line items

Every line the filer filed in Parts VIII, IX and X, as filed and in filed order. Blank columns are left out, and the lines are not forced to add up to the totals above.

Revenue

Part VIII, the statement of revenue.

  • 1f · All other contributions, gifts and grants

    $63,428

  • 1g · Noncash contributions included above

    $705

  • 2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

    total $127,557 · related or exempt $127,557

  • 2b · Program service revenue: CONGRESS REVENUE

    total $74,872 · related or exempt $74,872

  • 3 · Investment income

    total $121,921 · excluded $121,921

  • 7a · Gross sales of assets other than inventory

    securities $4,424,148

  • 7b · Less cost or other basis and sales expenses

    securities $4,039,634

  • 7c · Gain or loss

    securities $384,514

  • 7d · Net gain or loss

    total $384,514 · excluded $384,514

  • 11a · Other revenue: MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

    total $5,426 · related or exempt $5,426

  • 11e · Other revenue, total

    $5,426

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

  • 3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

    total $116,000 · program services $116,000

  • 11a · Fees: management

    total $592,250 · program services $457,000 · management and general $135,250

  • 11b · Fees: legal

    total $6,488 · management and general $6,488

  • 11c · Fees: accounting

    total $8,000 · management and general $8,000

  • 11f · Fees: investment management

    total $26,117 · management and general $26,117

  • 13 · Office expenses

    total $7,520 · program services $5,720 · management and general $1,800

  • 17 · Travel

    total $120,403 · program services $120,403

  • 19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

    total $32,149 · program services $32,149

  • 22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

    total $8,972 · program services $8,972

  • 23 · Insurance

    total $6,318 · management and general $6,318

  • 24a · Other expenses: DIVISIONS/OUTREACH

    total $33,169 · program services $33,169

  • 24b · Other expenses: PROMOTION/PUBLICATIONS

    total $27,928 · program services $27,928

  • 24c · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

    total $16,830 · program services $4,220 · management and general $12,610

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

  • 1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

    beginning of year $228,150 · end of year $237,175

  • 3 · Pledges and grants receivable

    end of year $51,820

  • 4 · Accounts receivable

    beginning of year $38,692 · end of year $8,457

  • 9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

    beginning of year $2,817 · end of year $15,443

  • 11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

    beginning of year $4,486,975 · end of year $4,297,527

  • 14 · Intangible assets

    beginning of year $16,265 · end of year $7,293

  • 17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

    beginning of year $111,753 · end of year $28,571

  • 19 · Deferred revenue

    end of year $2,190

  • 27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

    beginning of year $3,967,486 · end of year $3,786,525

  • 28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

    beginning of year $693,660 · end of year $800,429

Mission and programs · 2023

Mission

TO PROMOTE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL ALIKE, AN AWARENESS OF THE WORLDWIDE PREVALENCE AND OPTIMAL CARE OF GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER DISORDERS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE AND INDEPENDENT EDUCATION AND TRAINING.

Activities or mission (Part I)

TO PROMOTE, TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL ALIKE, AN AWARENESS OF THE WORLDWIDE PREVALENCE AND OPTIMAL CARE OF GASTROINTESTINAL AND LIVER DISORDERS, AND TO IMPROVE CARE OF THESE DISORDERS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ADVOCACY.

  • TRAINING CENTERS - TO ESTABLISH AND NURTURE CORE TRAINING CENTERS FOR PRIMARY AND ADVANCED GASTROENTEROLOGY (GI) TRAINING IN LOCATIONS OF NEED, THEREBY, IMPROVING THE STANDARD OF TRAINING AT THE GRASS ROOTS LEVEL WHILE ENSURING A FOCUS ON REGIONALLY-RELEVANT DISEASES.

    Expenses $202,023 · Grants $112,000

  • WGO GLOBAL GUIDELINES - THE WGO GUIDELINES LIBRARY CONTAINS PRACTICE GUIDELINES WRITTEN FROM A VIEWPOINT OF GLOBAL APPLICABILITY. WGO GUIDELINES GO THROUGH A RIGOROUS PROCESS OF AUTHORING, EDITING, AND PEER REVIEW AND ARE AS EVIDENCE BASED AS POSSIBLE.

    Expenses $64,295

  • THE TRAIN THE TRAINERS - THE TRAIN THE TRAINERS IS A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO DISSEMINATE TEACHING SKILLS TO THOSE GASTROENTEROLOGISTS WHO HOLD TRAINING POSITIONS IN THEIR OWN COUNTRIES. DELEGATES ARE EQUIPPED WITH BOTH SKILLS AND TOOLS WHICH THEY CAN THEN IMPLEMENT ON THEIR HOME GROUND. NOT ONLY HAS THIS WORKSHOP BEEN ENTHUSIASTICALLY RECEIVED BY ALL WGO MEMBER SOCIETIES AROUND THE WORLD, IT CONTINUES TO PROVIDE AN EXCELLENT FORUM FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF CONTACTS BETWEEN VARIOUS COUNTRIES, IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHICH IS CONDUCIVE TO LEARNING AND INTERACTION.

    Expenses $122,179

  • WGO'S OTHER PRIMARY PROGRAMS ARE THE DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK, SMALLER MEETINGS & EVENTS, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION FOR WGO PUBLICATIONS AND THE WGO WEBSITE.

    Expenses $417,064 · Grants $4,000

As filed on the 2023 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

  • Guilherme Macedo MD

    PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Geoffrey Metz MD

    PRESIDENT-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Carolina Olano MD

    SECRETARY-GENERAL

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Naima Amrani MD

    PAST PRESIDENT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Mark Topazian MD

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    10

  • Kaichun Wu MD

    AT LARGE MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Joost P H Drenth PhD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Dan Lucian Dumitrascu MD PhD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Kelly W Burak MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Nancy Reau MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Luis Carlos Sabbagh Sanvicente MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Vivek Kaul MD

    DIRECTOR INT CH

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Govind Makharia MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Alejandro Piscoya MD

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Aasma Shaukat MD

    CHAIR - YM CMTEE

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Varocha Mahachai MD

    PROMOTION OF EDUCATION IN

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Abdo Abdelmounem MD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Helena Cortez-Pinto MD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

  • Arnoldo Riquelme Perez MD

    MEMBER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    1

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those.

Grants on this return

No itemized grants to organizations on this return.

Provenance

Return type
form_990
Tax year
2023
Filed
15 November 2024
IRS schema version
2023v5.1
Source object
202413209349318886

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