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CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC

EIN 04-3503931 AUSTIN, TX

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Revenue 2025
$8,901,903
Expenses 2025
$8,480,440

Program services were 72.0% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
E052
Classification
2800
Street
7500 RIALTO BLVD STE 1-250

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Other organizations at this address

2 other organizations in the IRS Business Master File list the same street address. matched by us

This address is a suite or unit (STE 1-250). Organizations that share one are often clients of the same office-services firm, accountant or registered agent rather than related to each other.

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Mission and programs · 2025

Mission

TO CREATE CONNECTED STANDARDS ACROSS THE STUDY INFORMATION LIFECYCLE TO ENABLE ACCESSIBLE, INTEROPERABLE, AND REUABLE DATA FOR MORE MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE RESEARCH.

Activities or mission (Part I)

THE CDISC MISSION IS TO CREATE CONNECTED STANDARDS ACROSS THE STUDY INFORMATION LIFECYCLE TO ENABLE ACCESSIBLE, INTEROPERABLE, AND REUABLE DATA FOR MORE MEANINGFUL AND EFFECTIVE RESEARCH

  • IN 2024, CDISC INTRODUCED A STRATEGIC ROADMAP TO EXPAND AND ENABLE STANDARDS DRIVEN AUTOMATION ACROSS THE END-TO-END STUDY INFORMATION LIFECYCLE FROM STUDY DESIGN THROUGH RESULTS. TO REALIZE THIS VISION, CDISC IS MOBILIZING ITS WORK AROUND THREE KEY PILLARS: EXPAND & CONNECT, ENABLE & AUTOMATE, AND ENGAGE & ADOPT. THESE THREE STRATEGIC PILLARS POSITION CDISC AND THE INDUSTRY FOR FUTURE INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION. WITH EXPAND & CONNECT, WE AIM TO EMBRACE AND ADOPT DIGITAL STUDY DESIGN, CREATING CONNECTED STANDARDS ACROSS THE CLINICAL RESEARCH INFORMATION LIFECYCLE WHILE DEFINING A CLEAR PIPELINE FOR INTEGRATING NEW DATA SOURCES. THROUGH ENABLE & AUTOMATE, WE DEVELOP READY-TO-USE IMPLEMENTATION STANDARDS THAT ARE ENABLED THROUGH TECHNOLOGY, REDUCE VARIABILITY AND FOCUSED ON INTEROPERABILITY AND AUTOMATION. FINALLY, ENGAGE & ADOPT ESTABLISHES A CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK LOOP ACROSS THE CDISC COMMUNITY, PRIORITIZING THE NEEDS OF PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS TO LOWER THE BARRIER TO STANDARDS USE, AND INCREASING COMMUNICATION TO BETTER ENABLE OUR STAKEHOLDERS.THIS YEAR, AS WE CELEBRATED OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY HIGHLIGHTING KEY PARTNERSHIPS, VOLUNTEERS AND IMPACT. WE INITIATED AND ADVANCED 360I, MOVING THE INDUSTRY TOWARD A DYNAMIC AND STANDARDS-DRIVEN DATA FLOW WITH OVER 80+ CONTRIBUTORS LEADING TEAMS (DESIGN, BUILD, AND RUN), INNOVATION CHALLENGES, AND ROUNDTABLES TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF CLINICAL RESEARCH. THE DESIGN TEAM DEVELOPED DETAILED USER STORIES SPANNING FROM STUDY DESIGN THROUGH STUDY AMENDMENT AND DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO LEVERAGE THE DIGITAL PROTOCOL TO AUTOMATE DOWNSTREAM. A KEY ACHIEVEMENT WAS EMBEDDING CONFORMANCE CONSIDERATIONS FROM THE OUTSET, USING CORE AND CDISC OPEN RULES TO ENSURE STANDARDS CONFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE LIFECYCLE. THE BUILD TEAM SUCCESSFULLY GENERATED DEFINE.XML AND SHELL DATASETS FROM THE DIGITAL PROTOCOL IDENTIFYING THE METADATA NEEDED FOR AUTOMATION. THE RUN TEAM DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO PROCESS DATA FROM A WIDE RANGE OF SOURCES (E.G., CRF, FHIR RWD, DHT) AND LEVERAGING OPEN SOURCE TOOLS TO AUTOMATE THE GENERATION OF SDTM DATA SETS FROM UPSTREAM DIGITAL STUDY DESIGN INFORMATION. STRATEGIC COLLABORATIONS STRENGTHENED THIS MOMENTUM, SUPPORTING MODERNIZATION, EXPANDING DIGITAL STANDARDS, AND IMPROVING INTEROPERABILITY ACROSS STUDY STARTUP AND DATA EXCHANGE. OUR EVENTS AND EDUCATION OFFERINGS ALSO SAW STRONG ENGAGEMENT, BUILDING SKILLS, EXPANDING UNDERSTANDING, AND FOSTERING DEEPER ALIGNMENT ACROSS THE COMMUNITY.2025 TECHNICAL MILESTONES: -AI INNOVATION CHALLENGE LAUNCHED TO GALVANIZE GLOBAL INNOVATORS TO ADVANCE THE DIGITIZATION AND AUTOMATION OF CLINICAL RESEARCH THROUGH AI, ML, AND CDISC STANDARDS. WITH 22 SUBMISSIONS ACROSS THREE TECHNICALLY COMPLEX USE CASES, THE CHALLENGE DELIVERED PRACTICAL, STANDARDS-DRIVEN SOLUTIONS THAT STRENGTHEN INTEROPERABILITY, ACCELERATE DIGITAL PROTOCOL DEVELOPMENT, AND ENABLE END-TO-END TRACEABILITY. -CDISC OPEN SOURCE ALLIANCE (COSA) PARTNERED ACROSS THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY MET QUARTERLY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SHOWCASE THEIR OPEN-SOURCE SOLUTIONS INCLUDING HACKATHONS AND MORE THAN 15 OPEN SOURCE SOLUTION DEMOS AND 8 OSS ADDITIONS TO THE REPOSITORY. -TECHNOLOGY VENDOR ROUNDTABLE INITIATED TO BRING TOGETHER CDISC MEMBERS FOCUSING ON TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS IN A COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT TO SUPPORT CDISC'S DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION. PARTICIPANTS DISCUSSED THE FUTURE OF CLINICAL TRIAL INNOVATION BY ENSURING THAT CDISC STANDARDS ARE PRACTICAL AND IMPLEMENTABLE IN MODERN DIGITAL WORKFLOWS. IT SUPPORTS THE BROADER 360I INITIATIVE BY HELPING VENDORS AND DEVELOPERS DISCUSS TOOLS THAT INTEGRATE SEAMLESSLY WITH CDISC'S STRUCTURED METADATA AND DIGITAL PROTOCOL MODELS. -TMF MARKED A MAJOR MILESTONE AS IT BECAME THE OFFICIAL CDISC TMF STANDARD, TRANSFORMING TMF RM V4 INTO VERSION 1 OF A UNIFIED, INTEROPERABLE FRAMEWORK FOR CLINICAL TRIAL DOCUMENTATION. ADDITIONALLY, THE GLOBAL TMF COMMUNITY ADVANCED INTO THE COLLABORATIVE CDISC TMF COMMUNITY, EMBRACING A DATA-DRIVEN, MACHINE-READABLE FUTURE THAT WILL ENABLE DECENTRALIZED TRIALS, REAL-TIME OVERSIGHT, AND STREAMLINED COMPLIANCE -UNIFIED STUDY DEFINITIONS MODEL V4.0 INCLUDES AN IMPLEMENTATION GUIDE, LOGICAL MODEL, CONTROLLED TERMINOLOGY, API SPECIFICATIONS, CONFORMANCE RULES TO SUPPORT USAGE OF USDM. USDM V3.0 CONFORMANCE RULE SPECS PROVIDES THE TECHNICAL GUIDANCE USED TO ASSERT THAT ANY GIVEN STUDY DEFINITION SOLUTION CONFORMS TO USDM V3.0. -CARDIAC IMAGING SUPPLEMENT TO THE DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY TA USER GUIDE V1.0 DEVELOPED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE C-PATH DUCHENNE REGULATORY SCIENCE CONSORTIUM (D-RSC), THE SUPPLEMENT TO THE DMD TAUG INCLUDES NEW CONTROLLED TERMINOLOGY, AND SDTM AND ADAM EXAMPLES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR TESTS. -DEFINE-XML V2.1.8 & V2.1.9 RELEASES INCLUDES THE DEFINE-ENUMERATIONS SCHEMA FILE THAT REFLECTS THE RELEASE OF CT P59. -CDISC OPEN RULES ENGINE (CORE) V0.14.0 ENABLES JSONATA RULES (USDM CONFORMANCE RULES). -CT RELATIONSHIPS V1.0 FOR SDTM V1.7, SDTMIG V3.3, SDTMIG-MD V1.1 DEFINES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PUBLISHED CT CODELISTS/TERMINOLOGY SUBSETS AND THE CDISC VARIABLES, TESTS, PARAMETERS, AND NON-STANDARD VARIABLES (NSVS) PUBLISHED IN SDTMIGS, TAUGS, AND REGULATORY DOCUMENTS. -BIOMEDICAL CONCEPTS BROWSER ALLOWS USERS TO EFFICIENTLY SEARCH, FILTER, AND LOCATE THE LATEST BCS AND SDTM DATASET SPECIALIZATIONS IN THE CDISC LIBRARY. -QRS PORTAL FEATURES QRS PACKAGES OF MACHINE-READABLE CONTENT INCLUDING BCS, SDTM CT, SDTM DATASET SPECIALIZATIONS, AND ODM FILES; 2 PACKAGES RELEASED; 18 QRS SUPPLEMENTS RELEASED. -ECRF PORTAL CONSISTS OF READY-TO-USE, CDASH-COMPLIANT, ANNOTATED ECRFS, AVAILABLE IN PDF, HTML AND XML FORMATS

    Expenses $4,629,083 · Revenue $280,038

  • EDUCATION - IN 2025 CDISC EDUCATION TRAINED 800 INDIVIDUALS WITH EXPANDED EDUCATION OFFERINGS INCLUDING 8 NEW TRAININGS, EQUIPPING THE GLOBAL CDISC COMMUNITY WITH PRACTICAL TOOLS AND KNOWLEDGE TO IMPLEMENT STANDARDS MORE EFFECTIVELY. INSTRUCTORS LED 77 TRAININGS FOR TRAINEES FROM 130+ ORGANIZATIONS REPRESENTING 35 COUNTRIES.

    Expenses $603,022 · Revenue $865,958

  • EVENTS - CDISC HELD 7 GLOBAL EVENTS (UNITED STATES, SWITZERLAND, JAPAN, CHINA, KOREA AND INDIA) ACROSS THREE CONTINENTS WITH MORE THAN 1,400+ ATTENDEES FOSTERED COLLABORATION AND KNOWLEDGE SHARING ACROSS THE CLINICAL RESEARCH COMMUNITY GATHERING TO NETWORK, SHARE THEIR EXPERTISE, BEST PRACTICES, AND LESSONS LEARNED ABOUT LEVERAGING CDISC STANDARDS TO BRING EFFICIENCIES AND CLARITY TO DATA. 2025 BROUGHT TOGETHER PROFESSIONALS FROM A WIDE RANGE OF ROLES, INCLUDING MANAGERS, DIRECTORS, OPERATIONS EXPERTS, AND EXECUTIVES. THIS DIVERSE ATTENDEE BASE REFLECTS OUR ABILITY TO ENGAGE LEADERS AND PRACTITIONERS ALIKE, FOSTERING MEANINGFUL DIALOGUE AND COLLABORATION ACROSS ALL LEVELS OF THE INDUSTRY. ATTENDEES PARTICIPATED FROM VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN PHARMACEUTICAL, CRO, TECHNOLOGY, ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS. CDISC ALSO SUPPORTED EXTERNAL EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH OUR PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS.

    Expenses $857,770 · Revenue $1,171,028

  • PARTNERSHIPS & COLLABORATION CDISC HAS OVER 400 MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS ACROSS 27 COUNTRIES. OUR IMPACT AS AN ORGANIZATION IS MULTIPLIED BY OUR COLLABORATIONS WITH OUR GLOBAL PARTNERS INCLUDING REGULATORY AGENCIES AND PATIENT FOUNDATIONS. THROUGH PARTNERSHIP, WE CAN CONTINUE TO ADVANCE INTEROPERABLE STANDARDS ACROSS A WIDE RANGE OF THERAPEUTIC AREAS SO GREATER CLARITY IS ACHIEVED, MORE POWERFUL RESEARCH IS CONDUCTED, AND MORE MEANINGFUL CONNECTIONS ARE DISCOVERED. AND AS OUR DEDICATION AND COLLABORATION CONTINUE TO GROW, SO TOO WILL OUR COLLECTIVE IMPACT ON GLOBAL HEALTH.

    Expenses $14,310 · Revenue $1,972,712

As filed on the 2025 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • Brooke Hinkson

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    3
  • Jonathan Chainey

    CHAIR-ELECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Erik Pulkstenis

    PAST-CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Christina Reith

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Mihoko Okado

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Wenjun Bao

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Karen Curran

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • David Hardison

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Lisa Lin

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Rhona O'Donnell

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Patrick Nadolny

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Catherine Chronaki

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Chris Decker

    PRESIDENT & CEO

    Total calculated
    $381,652
    From this org
    $338,654
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $42,998
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $338,654
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $21,122
    Nontaxable benefits
    $21,876
    Filer's total
    $381,652
  • Nicole Harmon

    CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER

    Total calculated
    $270,224
    From this org
    $240,327
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $29,897
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $235,327
    Bonus
    $5,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $2,450
    Nontaxable benefits
    $27,447
    Filer's total
    $270,224
  • Wendy Laxton

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2
  • Charles Shadle

    HEAD OF DATA SCIENCE OPERATIONS

    Total calculated
    $219,931
    From this org
    $192,381
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,550
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $182,381
    Bonus
    $10,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $11,878
    Nontaxable benefits
    $15,672
    Filer's total
    $219,931
  • Bess Leroy Nieto

    HEAD OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT

    Total calculated
    $205,177
    From this org
    $177,255
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $27,922
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $172,055
    Bonus
    $5,200
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,914
    Nontaxable benefits
    $17,008
    Filer's total
    $205,177
  • Anthony Chow

    ED OF STRATEGY AND INNOVATION

    Total calculated
    $199,137
    From this org
    $183,000
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $16,137
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $179,000
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,962
    Nontaxable benefits
    $5,175
    Filer's total
    $199,137
  • Gerry Campion

    SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER

    Total calculated
    $195,535
    From this org
    $180,307
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $15,228
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $176,307
    Bonus
    $4,000
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $10,818
    Nontaxable benefits
    $4,410
    Filer's total
    $195,535
  • Julie Smiley

    VP, DATA SCIENCES

    Total calculated
    $183,319
    From this org
    $174,804
    From related orgs
    $0
    Other
    $8,515
    Hours/week
    40

    Schedule J breakdown matched by us

    Base
    $174,804
    Bonus
    $0
    Other
    $0
    Deferred
    $0
    Nontaxable benefits
    $8,515
    Filer's total
    $183,319

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. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2025
    Revenue
    $8,901,903
    Expenses
    $8,480,440
    Contributions
    $4,581,730
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2024
    Revenue
    $9,205,905
    Expenses
    $9,491,939
    Contributions
    $4,558,549
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $9,333,128
    Expenses
    $11,224,779
    Contributions
    $4,791,339
    Grants paid
    $0
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $8,105,543
    Expenses
    $9,610,015
    Contributions
    $4,130,952
    Grants paid
    $0

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

  • 2021 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,747,958
    Expenses
    $7,940,015
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,322,350
  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,961,045
    Expenses
    $7,619,332
    Assets (EOY)
    $6,518,601
  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $10,389,051
    Expenses
    $9,026,845
    Assets (EOY)
    $7,185,485
  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $9,038,450
    Expenses
    $7,627,347
    Assets (EOY)
    $5,398,784
  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,310,693
    Expenses
    $7,149,870
    Assets (EOY)
    $4,081,115
  • 2016 · 990

    Revenue
    $7,016,614
    Expenses
    $6,883,736
    Assets (EOY)
    $3,702,425
  • 2015 · 990

    Revenue
    $6,508,337
    Expenses
    $6,411,391
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,912,916
  • 2014 · 990

    Revenue
    $5,651,627
    Expenses
    $5,132,728
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,862,553
  • 2013 · 990

    Revenue
    $4,653,383
    Expenses
    $4,489,739
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,332,483
  • 2012 · 990

    Revenue
    not reported
    Expenses
    $3,957,328
    Assets (EOY)
    $2,168,711

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all. Showing the 10 most recent; the API carries the rest.

Grants made

No itemized grants to organizations. Schedule I is filed only by organizations that granted more than $5,000 to a recipient, so most filers have none.

Grants received

No itemized grant names this organization as a recipient. Only grants over $5,000 are itemized, and only by filers of the full Form 990.

Related organizations

From Schedule R Part II, where a filer lists the tax-exempt organizations it is related to by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

Declared on its 2025 return

  • CDISC EUROPE FOUNDATION

    RESEARCH · BE

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 9 November 2026 and read 9 November 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2025, the newest we have parsed for this organization.