NSF INTERNATIONAL

Programs

1. The nsf water division certifies products that come into contact with drinking water; such products include plumbing components, water treatment chemicals, drinking water filters, and pool & spa equipment. Nsf pioneered the development of the american national standards for all materials and products which treat (or come in contact with) drinking water, to help protect public health and the environment, and minimize adverse health effects. In 1990, the u.s. Epa replaced its own drinking water product advisory program with these nsf standards. Today, most plumbing codes require certification to nsf standards for pipes and plumbing components in commercial and residential buildings.

   $59,589,311 spentof which $122,420 as grants$96,887,655 earned by the program
   45% of program spending

2. The nsf global labs division provides engineering, chemistry, microbiology, and toxicology lab and testing services across all major industries impacting public and environmental health and safety, including plastic and plumbing testing services. Testing revenue generally consist of testing and certifying products for compliance with applicable safety standards, each of which contain technical specifications or other precise criteria that products must meet in order to be certified as compliant with requirements designed to mitigate risk, injury, or hazards to the public. If the product passes testing to the standard, then certification is granted based on said standard. If the product fails testing to the standard, the customer may agree to retesting of the product or receive a report of failure. The customer may use the report to remediate product for future testing to the standard.

   $33,118,055 spent$44,121,350 earned by the program
   25% of program spending

3. The nsf life sciences division offers reference standards, certification, and testing services for consumer products across the dietary supplement and cosmetics, and functional food industries to help protect public health and environment and minimize adverse health effects from such products and industries.

   $25,115,840 spent$31,371,258 earned by the program
   19% of program spending

4. The food retail & assurance division includes both food equipment and nonfood compounds certification. The food equipment program tests and certifies food equipment products for acceptance across the us, europe, and other global markets. The nonfood compounds program offers risk management solutions for nonfood compounds and proprietary substances (I.e., lubricants, cleaners, and water treatment chemicals used in food and beverage processing).

   $9,181,279 spent$24,369,032 earned by the program
   7% of program spending

5. Food supply chain solutions includes both food supply chain and food product claims business which focuses on ensuring safety across the supply chain. Services include independent testing, auditing, and certification services to assure suppliers, retailer, regulators, and consumers that a product or system has been reviewed for compliance with standards for safety, quality, and sustainability or performance.

   $3,130,767 spent$2,663,131 earned by the program
   2% of program spending

6. The commercial business includes both standards and toxicology. Under the standards program, nsf facilitates the process of developing new standards and maintenance of our existing standards, which is over 80 published documents. Our team works to ensure that all policies and procedures are followed and that our stakeholders are equipped to have conversations leading to consensus; this includes but is not limited to schedule/coordination of meetings, sharing essential documentation (reference standards, data, meeting summaries, etc.), committee membership recruitment and leading the balloting process for new standards and revisions to published standards. The nsf toxicology business provides chemical hazard and risk characterization in the water, food, pesticides and consumer products spaces. Services include evaluation of product risk or safety, expert evaluation of exposure based on intended use of product, as well as associated risk characterization based on chemical hazards including product ingredients and contaminants.

   $1,434,166 spent$1,136,021 earned by the program
   1% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $131,569,418.