WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2018

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Organization: WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION INC (EIN 39-1444043)
Tax period: 2018-01-01 to 2018-12-31
Filed: 2019-11-13
IRS object ID: 201923179349301972
Schema version: 2018v3.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule F
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2019-11-13T07:05:50-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2018-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	390919055	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	Ritz Holman LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	330 E Kilbourn Ste 550	AddressLine1Txt
City	Milwaukee	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	532023144	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2018-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	391444043	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	WORL	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	4142761791	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	555 E WELLS STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILWAUKEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53202	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ignacio ansotegui	PersonNm
Person Title	President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2019-11-13	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (true)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	KATY L SOMMER	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00273273	PTIN
Phone	4142711451	PhoneNum

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2018	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-03-31 21:24:44Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	ignacio ansotegui	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	555 E WELLS STREET 1100	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILWAUKEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53202	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$1,859,929	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	false	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
All Affiliates Included	false	AllAffiliatesIncludedInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	http://www.worldallergy.org	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1984	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	WI	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	To be a global resource and advocate in the field of allergy, advancing excellence in clinical care through education, research and training as a world-wide alliance of allergy and clinical immunology societies.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	20	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	19	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	0	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$173,968	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$94,000	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$247,980	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,765,929	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$1,530	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$0	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$423,478	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$1,859,929	CYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$20,000	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$20,026	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$560,571	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$871,797	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$580,571	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$891,823	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$157,093	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	$968,106	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$527,128	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$1,582,928	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$17,825	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$105,519	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$509,303	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$1,477,409	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Info In Schedule O Part III	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartIIIInd
Mission	To be a global resource and advocate in the field of allergy, advancing excellence in clinical care through education, research and training as a world-wide alliance of allergy and clinical immunology societies.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	false	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	false	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$287,416	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,515,466	RevenueAmt
Desc	World Allergy Forum, World Allergy Day Booth, Website, Collaborative on Severe Asthma Project (COSA), HAE Alliance.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$89,822	ExpenseAmt
Desc	Emerging Societies Program - In order to advance the WAO mission of supporting developments that will enable allergists to better serve patients in the future, the Emerging Societies Program (ESP) aims to disseminate information on and share experiences about new treatments for allergic disease and about new indications for available therapies. WAO wishes to outreach to its National Member Societies and to emerging societies in various regions to promote education in allergy and to assist societies in the promotion and development of the specialty of allergy.	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$88,537	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$25,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	Guidelines on Atopic Disease Prevention - The WAO has constituted a panel of the foremost experts in this clinical field. The proposed guidelines will dealwith the prevention of food allergy. The project structure is dedicated to the effects of specific dietary interventions on allergy prevention in infants.	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$63,989	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Other Prog Srvc Revenue	$54,409	TotalOtherProgSrvcRevenueAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$529,764	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (true)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	false	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	false	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	false	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	false	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	false	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	false	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	false	CreditCounselingInd
Temp Or Permanent Endowments	false	TempOrPermanentEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	false	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	false	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	false	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	false	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	false	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (true)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (true)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	false	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	false	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	Yes (true)	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	Yes (true)	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	false	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	false	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	false	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	false	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	false	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	false	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	false	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	false	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	false	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	false	TaxExemptBondsInd
Invest Tax Exempt Bonds	false	InvestTaxExemptBondsInd
Escrow Account	false	EscrowAccountInd
On Behalf Of Issuer	false	OnBehalfOfIssuerInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	false	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	false	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	false	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	false	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	false	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With Officer Ent	false	BusinessRlnWithOfficerEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	false	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	false	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	false	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	false	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	false	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	false	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	false	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	false	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	false	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (true)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	4	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Backup Wthld Compliance	Yes (true)	BackupWthldComplianceInd
Employee	0	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	false	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	false	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Form990 T Filed	false	Form990TFiledInd
Foreign Financial Account	false	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	false	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	false	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	false	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	false	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	false	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Form8282 Filed	0	Form8282FiledCnt
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	false	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Form8899 Filedind	false	Form8899Filedind
Form1098 C Filed	false	Form1098CFiledInd
DAF Excess Business Holdings	false	DAFExcessBusinessHoldingsInd
Taxable Distributions	false	TaxableDistributionsInd
Distribution To Donor	false	DistributionToDonorInd
Org Filed In Lieu Of Form1041	false	OrgFiledInLieuOfForm1041Ind
Licensed More Than One State	false	LicensedMoreThanOneStateInd
Indoor Tanning Services	false	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	false	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	false	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	20	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	19	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	false	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	Yes (true)	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	false	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	false	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	Yes (true)	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	Yes (true)	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	Yes (true)	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (true)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (true)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	false	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	false	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (true)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (true)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (true)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (true)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (true)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (true)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (true)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	false	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INC	PersonNm
Phone	4142766445	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	555 E WELLS ST STE 1100	AddressLine1Txt
City	MILWAUKEE	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53202	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (20 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Average Hours Per Week Rltd OrgAverageHoursPerWeekRltdOrgRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	OfficerOfficerInd
MUBECCEL AKDIS
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ignacio ansotegui
President	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$20,026	Yes (X)
BRYAN MARTIN
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
MARIO MORAIS-ALMEIDA
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
GIOVANNI PASSALACQUA
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
motohiro ebisawa
president elect	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
MICHAEL LEVIN
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
francesca levi-schaffer
Secretary	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
LUCIANA KASE TANNO
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Luis Caraballo
Treasurer	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
GARY WONG
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
mario sanchez-borges
past president	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Lanny J Rosenwasser
historian	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Zeinab Awad El-Sayed
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Stanley Fineman
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANAHI YANEZ
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
paul greenberger
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Jose Antonio Ortega-Martell
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mimi Tang
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Luo Zhang
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Compensation	$20,026	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	0	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	false	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	false	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	false	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	executive director inc	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	555 e wells street 1100	AddressLine1Txt
City	milwaukee	CityNm
State Abbreviation	WI	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	53202	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	management	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$308,000	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$94,000	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$94,000	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
GLAD-P Document	541900	$25,000	$25,000
International Conference	541900	$95,577	$95,577
Journal Income	541900	$54,409	$54,409
Membership Dues & Assessments	541900	$151,036	$151,036
World Allergy Congress	541900	$1,419,889	$1,419,889

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$20,018	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$20,018	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,765,929	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Incm From Invest Bond Proceeds IncmFromInvestBondProceedsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Royalties Revenue RoyaltiesRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Gain Or Loss Investments NetGainOrLossInvestmentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income From Gaming NetIncomeFromGamingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$0	TotalRevenueColumnAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$0	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$1,859,929	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,765,929	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Grants To Domestic Orgs GrantsToDomesticOrgsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Grants To Domestic Individuals GrantsToDomesticIndividualsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Foreign Grants ForeignGrantsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Benefits To Members BenefitsToMembersGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Comp Current Ofcr Directors CompCurrentOfcrDirectorsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$20,026	TotalAmt
Management And General	$20,026	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Comp Disqual Persons CompDisqualPersonsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Pension Plan Contributions PensionPlanContributionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Other Employee Benefits OtherEmployeeBenefitsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Management FeesForServicesManagementGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$308,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$190,344	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$117,656	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,246	TotalAmt
Management And General	$1,246	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Accounting FeesForServicesAccountingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,650	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,650	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Lobbying FeesForServicesLobbyingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Prof Fundraising FeesForServicesProfFundraising

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Srvc Invst Mgmnt Fees FeesForSrvcInvstMgmntFeesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Fees For Services Other FeesForServicesOtherGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,644	TotalAmt
Program Services	$4,644	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,602	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,879	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$3,723	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,390	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,390	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$55,993	TotalAmt
Program Services	$35,644	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$20,349	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Royalties RoyaltiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$134,510	TotalAmt
Program Services	$108,361	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$26,149	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Pymt Travel Entrtnmnt Pub Ofcl PymtTravelEntrtnmntPubOfclGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Conferences Meetings ConferencesMeetingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$313,236	TotalAmt
Program Services	$163,033	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$150,203	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Payments To Affiliates PaymentsToAffiliatesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$4,531	TotalAmt
Management And General	$4,531	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,136	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,136	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt
journal expense	$22,236	$22,236
Miscellaneous expense	$3,623	$3,623

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$891,823	TotalAmt
Program Services	$529,764	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$362,059	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$456,444	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,370,222	EOYAmt

Savings And Temp Cash Invst SavingsAndTempCashInvstGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$10,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$42,185	BOYAmt
EOY	$178,904	EOYAmt

Receivables From Officers Etc ReceivablesFromOfficersEtcGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Rcvbl From Disqualified Prsn RcvblFromDisqualifiedPrsnGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Oth Notes Loans Receivable Net OthNotesLoansReceivableNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$12,412	BOYAmt
EOY	$23,802	EOYAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Other Securities InvestmentsOtherSecuritiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Investments Program Related InvestmentsProgramRelatedGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Intangible Assets IntangibleAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$4,530	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$1,557	BOYAmt
EOY	$0	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$527,128	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,582,928	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,825	BOYAmt
EOY	$105,519	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$17,825	BOYAmt
EOY	$105,519	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows SFAS117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsSFAS117Ind

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$403,293	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,452,409	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$106,010	BOYAmt
EOY	$25,000	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$509,303	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,477,409	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$527,128	BOYAmt
EOY	$1,582,928	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	$968,106	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	false	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (true)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (true)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	false	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Publicly Supported Org509a2	Yes (X)	PubliclySupportedOrg509a2Ind

Gifts Grants Contris Rcvd509 GiftsGrantsContrisRcvd509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$796,895	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$955,650	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$714,284	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$316,318	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$245,036	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,028,183	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,270,425	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,536,793	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$292,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$247,980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,614,893	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$5,962,763	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Non Unrlt Bus GrossReceiptsNonUnrltBusGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Tax Rev Levied Orgnztnl Bnft509 TaxRevLeviedOrgnztnlBnft509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Govt Furn Srvc Fclts Vl509 GovtFurnSrvcFcltsVl509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Total509 Total509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,067,320	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,492,443	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,006,956	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$564,298	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,859,929	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,990,946	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$410,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$826,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$569,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$237,042	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$2,042,822	TotalAmt

Substantial Contributors Amt SubstantialContributorsAmtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Subst And Dsqlfy Prsns Tot SubstAndDsqlfyPrsnsTotGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$410,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$826,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$569,580	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$237,042	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$2,042,822	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$6,948,124	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,087	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,182	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$257	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$5,526	TotalAmt

Post1975 UBTI Post1975UBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$0	TotalAmt

Investment Income And UBTI InvestmentIncomeAndUBTIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,087	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,182	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$257	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$5,526	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$13,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$6,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Total	$19,500	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$384	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,530	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$1,914	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,070,407	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,508,509	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,013,213	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$565,828	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,859,929	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$9,017,886	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.77050	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.75230	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00060	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00110	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$1,859,929	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$1,859,929	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$1,859,929	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$891,823	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$891,823	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$891,823	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part X : FIN48 Footnote	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	The Organization is exempt from income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and is classified as other than a private foundation. Management has reviewed all tax positions recognized in previously filed tax returns and those expected to be taken in future tax returns. As of December 31, 2018, the Organization had no amounts related to unrecognized income tax benefits and no amounts related to accrued interest and penalties. The Organization does not anticipate any significant changes to unrecognized income tax benefits over the next year.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Grant Records Maintained	Yes (true)	GrantRecordsMaintainedInd

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (3 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
EAST ASIA & PACIFIC	0	program services	Emerging Societies	$33,709
South America	1	Program Services	WEBSITE EDITORIAL	$6,000
Europe	2	program Services	JOURNAL EDITORIAL	$7,500

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees	3	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$47,209	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$47,209	TotalSpentAmt
Transfer To Foreign Corp	false	TransferToForeignCorpInd
Interest In Foreign Trust	false	InterestInForeignTrustInd
Foreign Corp Ownership	false	ForeignCorpOwnershipInd
Passive Foreign Investmest Co	false	PassiveForeignInvestmestCoInd
Foreign Partnership	false	ForeignPartnershipInd
Boycott Countries	false	BoycottCountriesInd

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	Part I, Line 2 - Grantmakers Explanation For Monitoring Use of Funds Outside US	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	WAO has an awards committee that is responsible for reviewing and determining each award category. The awards committee also selects the award winners by way of vote.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (10 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
Form 990, Part III, Line 4d: Other Program Services Description	OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES 4: World Allergy Forum, World Allergy Day Booth, Website, Collaborative on Severe Asthma Project (COSA), HAE Alliance.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 3: Description of Delegated Duties to Management Company	WAO contracts with Executive Director Inc. (A for-profit Management Company) to provide office facilities, management, record keeping, accounting, storage, other significant services, plus related overhead costs
Form 990, Part VI, Line 6: Explanation of Classes of Members or Shareholder	Various allergy related societies and associations are members of WAO and are referred to as "Member Societies."
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7a: How Members or Shareholders Elect Governing Body	Yes, the member societies elect the governing body.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 7b: Describe Decisions of Governing Body Approval by Members or Shareholders	Some board decisions must be ratified by the House of Delegates. Main responsibilities include ratification to any bylaw changes and ratification of the election of Board Members.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 11b: Form 990 Review Process	The 990 is made available to the entire board before it gets filed. A sub-committee of the board will review the document in-depth and make a recommendation to the board to approve the 990 before its gets filed. An officer of the board then signs the 990.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 12c: Explanation of Monitoring and Enforcement of Conflicts	Disclosure by Board Members must be made in writing through the use of an official WAO Disclosure Form. A completed form must be returned prior to the commencement of WAO term of office. Such disclosure must be updated whenever circumstances require or once per calendar year, whichever is sooner. A member with a conflict is restricted from participation in the governing body's deliberations where the conflict exists.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15a: Compensation Review & Approval Process - CEO, Top Management	WAO is managed by Executive Director Incorporated, a for-profit management company. WAO has no official employees, because all staff assigned to WAO are employees of the management company. WAO gives it's President a $20,000 Presidential Stipend each year, which is an amount pre-approved by the Board of Directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 15b: Compensation Review and Approval Process for Officers and Key Employees	WAO is managed by Executive Director Incorporated, a for-profit management company. WAO has no official employees, because all staff assigned to WAO are employees of the management company. WAO gives it's President a $20,000 Presidential Stipend each year, which is an amount pre-approved by the Board of Directors.
Form 990, Part VI, Line 19: Other Organization Documents Publicly Available	WAO's 990 is available to the public upon request. WAO's policies are either posted on the website and those that are not posted are available upon request.