WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION INC: Form 990, tax year 2017

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Organization: WORLD ALLERGY ORGANIZATION INC (EIN 39-1444043)
Tax period: 2017-01-01 to 2017-12-31
Filed: 2018-11-05
IRS object ID: 201843099349300634
Schema version: 2017v2.2
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	2018-11-05T07:54:13-08:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2017-12-31	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	2017-01-01	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	Lanny J Rosenwasser	PersonNm
Person Title	Past President	PersonTitleTxt
Signature	2018-11-05	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	2017	TaxYr
Build TS	2018-06-14 16:35:46Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	mario sanchez-borges	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

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

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$423,478	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	$565,658	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$173,968	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$447,298	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$247,980	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$951	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$0	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Other Revenue	$1,530	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$1,013,907	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$423,478	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$15,500	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
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	$20,000	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$0	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,396,475	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$560,571	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$1,431,975	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$580,571	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	-$418,068	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$157,093	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$756,080	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$527,128	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$89,684	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$17,825	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$666,396	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$509,303	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	$93,990	ExpenseAmt
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

Prog Srvc Accom Acty2 ProgSrvcAccomActy2Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$90,143	ExpenseAmt
Grant	$6,000	GrantAmt
Revenue	$15,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	World Allergy Forum, World Allergy Day Booth, Website, Emerging Society Program, Collaborative on Severe Asthma Project (COSA), HAE Alliance	Desc

Prog Srvc Accom Acty3 ProgSrvcAccomActy3Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Expense	$68,990	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$35,000	RevenueAmt
Desc	Collaborative on Severe Asthma (COSA) - The goal of the COSA initiative is to provide a credible, evidence-based, global platform for physicians and other health careprofessionals on the most relevant educational resources on biologics and	Desc

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Other Prog Srvc Expense	$67,699	TotalOtherProgSrvcExpenseAmt
Total Program Service Expenses	$320,822	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	3	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
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
Hirohisa Saito
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ignacio ansotegui
president Elect	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Ruby Pawankar
historian	2.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Sergio Bonini
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mario Zernotti
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
motohiro ebisawa
Secretary	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Suwat Benjaponpitak
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
francesca levi-schaffer
Treasurer	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
Wesley Burks
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Luis Caraballo
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
Mubeccel Akdis
Director	1.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
mario sanchez-borges
President	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$20,000	Yes (X)
Lanny J Rosenwasser
Past President	3.00	0.00	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0	Yes (X)
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
Elham Hossny
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	$20,000	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	$220,000	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
All Other Contributions	$173,968	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$173,968	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (5 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
COSA	541900	$35,000	$35,000
Membership Dues & Assessments	541900	$142,350	$142,350
Molecular Allergy	541900	$20,000	$20,000
Symposium	541900	$35,355	$35,355
World Allergy Week	541900	$15,000	$15,000

Total Oth Program Service Rev TotalOthProgramServiceRevGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$275	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$275	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$247,980	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

Other Revenue Misc OtherRevenueMiscGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	Miscellaneous Income	Desc
Business	900099	BusinessCd
Total Revenue Column	$1,530	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,530	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Revenue Total	$1,530	OtherRevenueTotalAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$423,478	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$249,510	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	$20,000	TotalAmt
Management And General	$20,000	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	$220,000	TotalAmt
Program Services	$135,960	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$84,040	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Fees For Services Legal FeesForServicesLegalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,502	TotalAmt
Management And General	$5,502	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	$800	TotalAmt
Program Services	$800	ProgramServicesAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

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

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$9,590	TotalAmt
Management And General	$9,590	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Information Technology InformationTechnologyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$17,907	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,953	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$8,954	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	$18,498	TotalAmt
Program Services	$8,634	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,864	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	$174,827	TotalAmt
Program Services	$81,448	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$93,379	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	$6,041	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,041	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$6,778	TotalAmt
Management And General	$6,778	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt
CMA Document	$60,000	$60,000
Collaborative on Severe Asthma	$16,434	$16,434
Printing and Publications	$7,960	$7,960
Miscellaneous expense	$4,515		$4,515

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$5,069	TotalAmt
Program Services	$633	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$4,436	ManagementAndGeneralAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$580,571	TotalAmt
Program Services	$320,822	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$259,749	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$0	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$239,871	BOYAmt
EOY	$456,444	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	$400,000	BOYAmt
EOY	$10,000	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$96,831	BOYAmt
EOY	$42,185	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	$7,250	BOYAmt
EOY	$12,412	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	$10,571	BOYAmt
EOY	$4,530	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

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

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$756,080	BOYAmt
EOY	$527,128	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$89,684	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,825	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$89,684	BOYAmt
EOY	$17,825	EOYAmt

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

Unrestricted Net Assets UnrestrictedNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$222,927	BOYAmt
EOY	$403,293	EOYAmt

Temporarily Rstr Net Assets TemporarilyRstrNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$443,469	BOYAmt
EOY	$106,010	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$666,396	BOYAmt
EOY	$509,303	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$756,080	BOYAmt
EOY	$527,128	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$157,093	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	$863,487	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$796,895	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$955,650	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$714,284	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$316,318	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$3,646,634	TotalAmt

Gross Receipts Admissions GrossReceiptsAdmissionsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$454,913	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,270,425	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,536,793	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$292,672	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$247,980	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,802,783	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	$1,318,400	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,067,320	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,492,443	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,006,956	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$564,298	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,449,417	TotalAmt

Amounts Rcvd Dsqlfy Person AmountsRcvdDsqlfyPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$45,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$410,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$826,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$547,980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$237,042	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,066,722	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	$45,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$410,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$826,200	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$547,980	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$237,042	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$2,066,722	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total509	$6,382,695	PublicSupportTotal509Amt

Gross Investment Income509 GrossInvestmentIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$3,717	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,087	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,182	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$257	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$9,243	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	$3,717	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,087	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,182	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$257	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$9,243	TotalAmt

Net Income From Other UBI NetIncomeFromOtherUBIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$894	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$13,500	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$6,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$20,394	TotalAmt

Other Income509 OtherIncome509Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$2,999	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$384	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,530	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$4,913	TotalAmt

Total Support Calendar Year TotalSupportCalendarYearGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$1,326,010	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$3,070,407	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$2,508,509	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,013,213	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$565,828	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$8,483,967	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support CY509	0.75230	PublicSupportCY509Pct
Public Support PY509	0.73060	PublicSupportPY509Pct
Investment Income CY	0.00110	InvestmentIncomeCYPct
Investment Income PY	0.00140	InvestmentIncomePYPct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY509	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY509Ind

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$423,478	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$423,478	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$423,478	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$580,571	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$580,571	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$580,571	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. However, income from certain activities, primarily advertising income, is not directly related to the Organizations tax-exempt purpose and is subject to taxation as unrelated business income. As of December 31, 2017, the Organization had a tax asset of $1,557 for actual unrelated business income tax (UBIT) in excess of estimated payments. Management has reviewed all tax positions recognized in previously filed tax returns in the U.S. federal and state jurisdictions and those expected to be taken in future tax returns. As of December 31, 2017, the Organization had no amounts related to unrecognized income tax benefits and no amounts related to accrued interest and penalties.	ExplanationTxt

Schedule F IRS990ScheduleF

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

Account Activities Outside US AccountActivitiesOutsideUSGrp (5 entries)

RegionRegionTxt	EmployeeEmployeeCnt	Type Of Activities ConductedTypeOfActivitiesConductedTxt	Specific Services ProvidedSpecificServicesProvidedTxt	Region Total ExpendituresRegionTotalExpendituresAmt
EUROPE	0	PROGRAM SERVICES	Symposium	$8,495
Europe	0	program services	Emerging Societies	$33,709
South America	1	Program Services	Editorial Stipend	$6,000
Europe	2	program Services	Journal Editorial	$7,500
Europe	0	Program Services	World Allergy Forum	$4,330

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Subtotal Employees	3	SubtotalEmployeesCnt
Total Employee	3	TotalEmployeeCnt
Subtotal Spent	$60,034	SubtotalSpentAmt
Total Spent	$60,034	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: Collaborative on Severe Asthma (COSA) - The goal of the COSA initiative is to provide a credible, evidence-based, global platform for physicians and other health careprofessionals on the most relevant educational resources on biologics and
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 Incorporation, 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 Incorporation, 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.