As of October 2024

Date of incorporation:

1978 as the Association for the Scientific Study of Near-Death Phenomena
     (John Audette, MS, President, 1978-1980)

1981 as the International Association for Near-Death Studies

Tax exemption:

EIN: 06-1050150 
    Forms 990: 2023  2022  2021  2020  2019

Internal Revenue Service Section 501(c)(3), IRS Determination Letter;
   IRS Group Exemption Letter for affiliated groups

Founders:

John Audette, MS; Bruce Greyson, MD; Raymond Moody, MD; Ken Ring, PhD; Michael Sabom, MD

Presidents:

Ken Ring, PhD	1981
Bruce Greyson, MD	1982
Ken Ring, PhD	1983
John Alexander	1984-1986
Elizabeth "Pat" Fenske, PhD	1986-1991
Nancy Evans Bush, MA	1992-1995
Bruce Horacek, PhD	1996
Diane Corcoran, PhD	1997-2000
Bill Taylor	2000-2003
Jan Holden, EdD	2004-2006
Yolaine Stout, BA	2007
Diane Corcoran, RN, PhD	2008-2016
Robert "Bob" Frank, EMBA	2017-2018
Charles "Chuck" Swedrock, MBA	2018-2019
Diane Corcoran, PhD	2019
Yvonne Kason, MD	2019-2020
Jan Holden, EdD	2020-

As of December 2023

Membership

Basic: 486

Supporting: 595

Professional: 358

JNDS Subscription only 22

Sponsor: 19

Patron: 6

Benefactor: 3

Life: 54

Total: 1,543

 

Publications

Scholarly peer-reviewed journal (quarterly; triannually starting in 2019):

1982-1987 - Anabiosis: The Journal for Near-Death Studies
1988-present - Journal of Near-Death Studies

Editors: Bruce Greyson, MD, 1982-2008; Janice Miner Holden, EdD, 2008-

Circulation: Total: 408

Magazine (quarterly):

1981-present - Vital Signs

Editors:

• 1981-1982 Ken Ring, PhD
• 1983-1984 Charles Flynn
• 1985-1988 Nancy Bush, MA
• 1989-1991 Leon Rhodes
• 1992-1996 Nancy Bush, MA
• 1997-2001 Pat Fenske, PhD
• 2002-2004 Paul Bernstein, PhD
• 2005-2007 Linda Jacquin
• 2007          Nancy Bush, MA
• 2008-2009 Joan Donovan
• 2010-2016 Leland Witting, DMin
• 2016-         Susan Amsden, BSc

Articles (some available formatted for printing as brochures):

• IANDS: The International Association for Near-Death Studies (PDF) (If you have trouble reading the PDF file, the Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free download.)
• Coming Back: Understanding Near-Death and Similar Experiences
• What are "related experiences?"
• Aftereffects of Near-Death States
• Children's Near-Death Experiences
• Distressing Near-Death Experiences
• Near-Death Experiences and Nearing-Death Awareness in the Terminally Ill
• Impact of the Near-Death Experience on Combat Veterans
• Impact of the Near-Death Experience on Grief and Loss
• Caring for the Near-Death Experiencer: Considerations for Experiencers
• Caring for the Near-Death Experiencer: Considerations for Caregivers
• Experiencer's Guide to Psychotherapy
• Starting a Local Friends of IANDS (FOI) Group

Handouts:

Selected Bibliography on Near-Death Experiences (introductory reading list)

Research Resources:

Near-Death Experiences: Index to the Periodical Literature through 2011 all journal and magazine articles related to NDEs through 2011 indexed by topic and including journal abstracts).

Conferences and Symposia

• 1982, First medical seminar, Yale University, New Haven, CT
• 1984, First clinical conference, Pembroke Pines, FL
• 1984, First research conference, Farmington, CT
• 1989 Rosemont, PA
• 1990 Washington, DC
• 1993 Saint Louis, MO
  
• 1994 San Antonio, TX
• 1995 Hartford, CT
• 1996 Oakland, CA
• 1997 San Antonio, TX
• 1998 Salt Lake City, UT
• 1999 Vancouver, BC
• 2000 Philadelphia, PA
• 2001 Seattle, WA
• 2003 Honolulu, HI
• 2004 Evanston (Chicago), IL
• 2005 Virginia Beach, VA
• 2006 Houston, TX 
• 2008 Durham, NC
• 2009 San Diego, CA
• 2010 Denver, CO
• 2011 Durham, NC
• 2012 Scottsdale, AZ
• 2013 Arlington, VA
• 2014 Newport Beach, CA
• 2015 San Antonio, TX
• 2016 Orlando, FL
• 2017 Westminster, CO
• 2018 Bellevue, WA
• 2019 King of Prussia, PA
• 2020 Virtual Conference
• 2021 Spring Symposium (virtual)
• 2021 Virtual Conference
• 2022 Spring Symposium (virtual)
• 2022 Salt Lake City, UT
• 2023 Spring Symposium (virtual)
• 2023 Arlington, VA 
• 2024 Spring Symposium (virtual)
• 2024 Phoenix, AZ

Conference Coordinator(s):

1994 Bruce Horacek, PhD
1995 Nancy Bush, Leslee Morabito, Anneliese Fox
1996-2006 Debbie James, National Conference Director; Anneliese Fox; and local site coordinator

2008-2019 Diane Corcoran

2020-2022 Jacqueline Arnold

2023 Angela Harris

2024 Maryann Sperry

Local Support and Interest Groups

There are approximately 96 IANDS groups throughout the world; including about 82 in the U.S.A.

Website

• www.iands.org domain name registered December, 1995
• There were 2,926,771 page views of this site between November 18, 1998 and February 27, 2005.
  • 632,207 page views from March 10, 2005 through December 31, 2005
  • 227,000 unique visitors, 1,524,400 page views and 14,628,500 hits in 2011
• Instigator and designer of first IANDS web page: Marty Chandler
• Webmaster:
  • 1995-2005: Karl Williamson
  • 2005-present: Nutmeg Web Service

Office

Prior to 1982: First, an office in Oxford, OH
Then, Storrs, CT, administered by Nancy Evans Bush, Executive Director
Then, Philadelphia, PA, administered by Pat Fenske, PhD, Pres. & Exec Director

1992-1993: Administered by Association Resources (Hartford, CT)
1994-2008: Administered by Fox Computer Systems (South Windsor, CT)

2008-Present: IANDS office in Durham, NC