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Nonprofit · EIN 04-3503931

CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC

Tax-exempt · AUSTIN, TX 78735

Financials

$9.2M$9.5M2024$8.9M$8.5M2025
Revenue Expenses · by fiscal year end
Financials of CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC by year, from its e-filed returns
Year endedFormRevenueExpensesNet incomeTotal assetsLiabilitiesNet assets
December 31, 2025990$8,901,903$8,480,440$421,463$3,998,049$2,221,453$1,776,596
December 31, 2024990$9,205,905$9,491,939-$286,034$3,169,764$1,777,156$1,392,608
Financial details: 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Revenue

Contributions, gifts and grants
$4,581,730
of which government grants
$280,038
Membership dues
$3,320,858
Program service revenue
$4,289,736
Investment income
$30,437
Other revenue
$0

Expenses

Grants and similar amounts paid
$0
Compensation of officers, directors and key employees
$735,637
Other salaries and wages
$3,349,121
Salaries, compensation and benefits (total)
$4,978,709
Professional fundraising fees
$0
Legal fees
$5,334
Accounting fees
$87,354
Occupancy
$24,010
Travel
$28,883
Depreciation
$16,100
Program services (functional)
$6,104,185
Management and general (functional)
$1,992,655
Fundraising (functional)
$383,600

Balance sheet and other

Total assets, start of year
$3,169,764
Total assets, end of year
$3,998,049
Total liabilities, end of year
$2,221,453
Net assets, end of year
$1,776,596
Land, buildings and equipment
$30,632
Publicly traded securities
$879,927
Net assets without donor restrictions
$1,776,596
Gross receipts
$8,901,903
Employees
33
Volunteers
1,100
Year formed
2000
State of legal domicile
MA

From the e-filed returns the IRS publishes as XML (latest three processing years; amended returns replace the original). PDF copies at the IRS.

Officers, directors and key employees

As listed on the 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025, highest compensation first.

NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
CHRIS DECKERPRESIDENT & CEO
Officer
40$338,654$42,998
NICOLE HARMONCHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
Officer
40$240,327$29,897
CHARLES SHADLEHEAD OF DATA SCIENCE OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$192,381$27,550
BESS LEROY NIETOHEAD OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$177,255$27,922
ANTHONY CHOWED OF STRATEGY AND INNOVATION
Highest-paid employee
40$183,000$16,137
GERRY CAMPIONSENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER
Highest-paid employee
40$180,307$15,228
JULIE SMILEYVP, DATA SCIENCES
Highest-paid employee
40$174,804$8,515
BROOKE HINKSONCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$0
JONATHAN CHAINEYCHAIR-ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
ERIK PULKSTENISPAST-CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CHRISTINA REITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MIHOKO OKADODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WENJUN BAODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KAREN CURRANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DAVID HARDISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
5 more people on this return
NameTitleHours / weekCompensation
LISA LINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
RHONA O'DONNELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
PATRICK NADOLNYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
CATHERINE CHRONAKIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0
WENDY LAXTONTREASURER
Officer
2$0
990 for the year ended December 31, 2024: 23 people
NameTitleHours / weekCompensationOther / benefits
CHRIS DECKERPRESIDENT & CEO (AS OF 1/1/24)
Officer
40$324,220$47,487
PETER VAN REUSELCHIEF STANDARDS OFFICER
Highest-paid employee
40$287,695$0
SHEILA LEAMANVP GLOBAL RELATIONS (UNTIL 12/31/24)
Officer
40$220,273$40,024
DAVID E EVANSFORMER PRESIDENT & CEO
Officer
40$220,202$29,981
RHONDA FACILEVP, DEV. & PARTNERS (UNTIL 9/26/24)
Officer
40$188,836$29,705
CHARLES SHADLEHEAD OF DATA SCIENCE OPERATIONS
Highest-paid employee
40$200,052$13,579
BESS LEROY NIETOHEAD OF STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT
Highest-paid employee
40$173,665$31,217
CHRISTINE CONNOLLYHEAD OF STANDARDS PROJECTS
Highest-paid employee
40$181,045$11,960
ANTHONY CHOWEXECUTIVE DIR., STRATEGY & INNOVATION
Highest-paid employee
40$177,915$12,386
ERIK PULKSTENISCHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
3$0$0
BROOKE HINKSONCHAIR-ELECT
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
PAM HOWARDPAST-CHAIR
Trustee or director, Officer
2$0$0
CHRISTINA REITHDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
MIHOKO OKADADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
WENJUN BAODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
JONATHAN CHAINEYDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
KAREN CURRANDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DAVID HARDISONDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
PANDU KULKARNIDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
DOMINIC LABRIOLADIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
LISA LINDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
HIROSHI MASUMOTODIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0
RHONA O'DONNELLDIRECTOR
Trustee or director
2$0$0

Address and contacts

Address (IRS master file)
7500 RIALTO BLVD STE 1-250, AUSTIN, TX 78735-8556
In care of
% PERSONAL HEALTH TECHNOLOGIES
Principal officer (990 for 2025)
CHRIS DECKER, 7500 RIALTO BLVD 1-250, AUSTIN, TX 78735
Signed the 990
CHRIS DECKER, CEO
Phone
(512) 363-5826
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Mission

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

990 for the year ended December 31, 2025

Program accomplishments

  • 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

What it must file and when

IRS records say it files Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N. Its accounting year ends in December, so each return is due on the 15th day of the 5th month after that.

Tax yearYear endedDueIRS public records
2025December 31, 2025May 15, 2026990 on file
2024December 31, 2024May 15, 2025990 on file
2023December 31, 2023May 15, 2024990 on file

IRS record

EIN
04-3503931
Tax-exempt status
501(c)(3): Charitable, religious, educational or scientific organization
Foundation status
Publicly supported organization (509(a)(2))
Donations deductible (Pub 78)
Public charity, 50% deduction limit
Exempt since
2011
Accounting year ends
December
Files
Form 990 or 990-EZ
Category (NTEE)
Health care (E052)
Assets (IRS master file)
$3,998,049
Income (IRS master file)
$8,901,903

Filing history

FormYear endedRevenueExpensesAssetsReturn
990December 2025–––IRS
990December 2024–––IRS
990December 2023$9,333,128$11,224,779$3,979,569IRS
990December 2022$8,105,543$9,610,015$5,085,701IRS
990December 2021–––IRS
990December 2020–––IRS
990December 2019–––IRS
990December 2018–––IRS

990-N: the IRS publishes only the latest e-Postcard per organization; earlier years appear here as 990.tax collects the monthly files. 990, 990-EZ, 990-PF, 990-T: every e-filed return in the IRS e-file index since 2019; XML for the latest three processing years, amounts from the IRS Statistics of Income extracts before that. PDF copies and determination letters at the IRS.

Questions about CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC

What is the EIN of CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC?
The employer identification number (EIN) of CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC is 04-3503931.
Is CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC tax-exempt?
Yes. The IRS lists it as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) since 2011.
Are donations to CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC tax-deductible?
Yes. It is listed in IRS Publication 78 (Public charity, 50% deduction limit).
Which annual return does CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC file?
Form 990 or 990-EZ. Based on its last return; a smaller organization may file the 990-N.
When is the next return of CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC due?
The return for tax year 2026 (the year ending December 31, 2026) is due May 17, 2027. Form 8868 extends it by six months; the 990-N cannot be extended.
When did CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC last file with the IRS?
The latest return in the IRS public files is the 990 for the year ended December 2025.
Who is the principal officer of CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 names CHRIS DECKER.
Who are the officers and directors of CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC?
The 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 lists 20 people; 7 received compensation from the organization, the highest $338,654 (CHRIS DECKER, PRESIDENT & CEO).
How much revenue does CLINICAL DATA INTERCHANGE STANDARDS CONSORTIUM INC have?
On its 990 for the year ended December 31, 2025 it reported revenue of $8,901,903, expenses of $8,480,440 and total assets of $3,998,049 at year end.

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