Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by WORLD GASTROENTEROLOGY ORGANISATION.

Totals

Total revenue: $356,000
Total expenses: $1,108,846
Contributions and grants received: $51,412
Grants paid: $135,000
Program service revenue: $163,013
Investment income: $134,971
Other revenue: $6,604
Total assets, end of year: $4,248,484
Total liabilities, end of year: $232,378
Net assets or fund balances, end of year: $4,016,106
Program services expenses (Part IX): $861,468
Management and general expenses: $247,378
Fundraising expenses: $0
Program service expenses (Part III): $861,468

Program services were 77.7% 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

$51,412
1g · Noncash contributions included above

$926
2a · Program service revenue: MEMBERSHIP DUES

total $117,381 · related or exempt $117,381
2b · Program service revenue: CONGRESS REVENUE

total $35,162 · related or exempt $35,162
2c · Program service revenue: TRAINING CENTERS

total $10,470 · related or exempt $10,470
3 · Investment income

total $134,971 · excluded $134,971
5 · Royalties

total $6,604 · excluded $6,604

Functional expenses

Part IX, the statement of functional expenses.

3 · Grants to foreign organizations and individuals

total $135,000 · program services $135,000
11a · Fees: management

total $692,417 · program services $479,061 · management and general $213,356
11b · Fees: legal

total $4,432 · management and general $4,432
11c · Fees: accounting

total $8,750 · management and general $8,750
11f · Fees: investment management

total $9,869 · management and general $9,869
13 · Office expenses

total $8,769 · program services $6,665 · management and general $2,104
17 · Travel

total $119,702 · program services $119,702
19 · Conferences, conventions and meetings

total $24,559 · program services $24,559
22 · Depreciation, depletion and amortization

total $6,056 · program services $6,056
23 · Insurance

total $8,404 · program services $1,623 · management and general $6,781
24a · Other expenses: PROMOTION/PUBLICATIONS

total $49,811 · program services $49,811
24b · Other expenses: DIVISIONS/OUTREACH

total $28,505 · program services $28,505
24c · Other expenses: LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEME

total $8,402 · program services $8,402
24d · Other expenses: OTHER EXPENSES

total $4,170 · program services $2,084 · management and general $2,086

Balance sheet

Part X, book values.

1 · Cash, non-interest-bearing

beginning of year $237,175 · end of year $57,996
3 · Pledges and grants receivable

beginning of year $51,820
4 · Accounts receivable

beginning of year $8,457 · end of year $36,891
9 · Prepaid expenses and deferred charges

beginning of year $15,443 · end of year $2,741
11 · Investments: publicly traded securities

beginning of year $4,297,527 · end of year $4,149,619
14 · Intangible assets

beginning of year $7,293 · end of year $1,237
17 · Accounts payable and accrued expenses

beginning of year $28,571 · end of year $232,318
19 · Deferred revenue

beginning of year $2,190 · end of year $60
27 · Net assets without donor restrictions

beginning of year $3,786,525 · end of year $3,127,286
28 · Net assets with donor restrictions

beginning of year $800,429 · end of year $888,820

Mission and programs · 2024

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, AND TO IMPROVE CARE OF THESE DISORDERS, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF HIGH QUALITY, ACCESSIBLE EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ADVOCACY.

Activities or mission (Part I)

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 $179,586 · Grants $135,000
THE WORLD CONGRESS OF GASTROENTEROLOGY (WCOG) IS WGO'S ANNUAL MEETING ORGANIZED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH A HOST MEMBER SOCIETY. SMALLER REGIONAL MEETINGS MAY ALSO BE ORGANIZED WITH SOCIETIES IN INTERIM YEARS OR IN YEARS WHERE A WORLD CONGRESS IS NOT SCHEDULED.

Expenses $52,443 · Revenue $35,162
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 $121,902 · Revenue $10,470
WGO'S OTHER PRIMARY PROGRAMS ARE THE DIGESTIVE DISEASE WEEK, SMALLER MEETINGS & EVENTS, AND CONTENT PRODUCTION FOR WGO PUBLICATIONS AND THE WGO WEBSITE.

Expenses $507,537

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Listed in Part VII

Goeffrey Metz MDGOEFFREY METZ MD

PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Carolina Olano MDCAROLINA OLANO MD

PRESIDENT-ELECT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Vivek Kaul MDVIVEK KAUL MD

SECRETARY-GENERAL

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Guilherme Macedo MDGUILHERME MACEDO MD

PAST PRESIDENT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Kaichun Wu MDKAICHUN WU MD

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

10
Dan Lucian Dumitrascu MD PhDDAN LUCIAN DUMITRASCU MD PHD

AT LARGE MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kelly Burak MDKELLY BURAK MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Nancy Reau MDNANCY REAU MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Luis Carlos Sabbagh MDLUIS CARLOS SABBAGH MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Govind Makharia MDGOVIND MAKHARIA MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Alejandro Piscoya MDALEJANDRO PISCOYA MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Varocha Mahachai MDVAROCHA MAHACHAI MD

MEMBER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Desmond Leddin MDDESMOND LEDDIN MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Sandie Thompson MDSANDIE THOMPSON MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Susana Lopes MDSUSANA LOPES MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Anita Afzali MDANITA AFZALI MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Kavel Visrodia MDKAVEL VISRODIA MD

CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1
Jonathan Leighton MDJONATHAN LEIGHTON MD

CHAIR

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: 2024
Filed: 11 November 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202543159349302019

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