21St Century Issues Forum
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 800319891
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2020, Form 990-N 2011
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4153973767
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Citizen Participation
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $13,455
- Expenses
- $5,325
- Assets
- $81,659
- Liabilities
- $14,888
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Thomas Wade Randlett (CEO)
People named in this filing
- Thomas Wade Randlett (CEO)
- Brook Turner (Secretary)
- Harry Stern (CFO)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The specific purpose of this organization is to bring to the forefront current issues which face us as a society. With an emphasis on local, state, and federal government issues, we aim to bring to the public a clear understanding of how our governments works as well as provide a forum whereby those in government and politics may interact directly with the people who elect them. It is our goal to not only educate, but to discuss in a meaningful way how our leaders make decisions, and how these decisions are reflective of what we as a community want and need. We aim to bring to the general public events, forums, and symposiums that highlight the issues that move us as a collective, and to stimulate conversations that will lead to positive and lasting change.Our priority is to facililate an open dialogue and develop new ideas to solve the policy problems that face us every day. By cultivating an informed citizenry, we hope to be able to benefit not only our community as a whole, but prov
What it reported doing in 2020
1. Significant High level leadership from members education programming 2. C3 remains completely member supported in 4 years.3. Unparalleled programming eduation about access at a federal level - D & R developing4. Building a reputation of note in the community and beyond.5. Tier 1 Media coverage and partnerships Wall Street Journal and Washington Post6. Solutions for America- Student Debt (CA) & Investing in Americas Future, DACA letter, PEW partnership, Census Work and partnership (AAJC & Long Family Foundation), Center for America Progress national AAPI priorities, Bloomberg Foundation & the New American Economy, Immigrant Success Stories Senate Collaboration, WHIAPPI new priorities.Inspired Indiaspora to change their model, Goldhouse launch, Sue Van and her Non-profit partners summit, participated in Politicon AAPI panel, new AAPI media network via Tim Hwang of Fiscal Note.7. Presidential Appointments Project first AAPI coordinated list of Cabinet candidates8. Offering thought leadership to educate exceptional Leaders Joe Biden, John Chiang, Ted Lieu, Adam Schiff, David Chiu, Stephanie Murphy, Dick Durbin, Ron Wyden, Catherine Cortez Masto
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 79
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 60.4%; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.34; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2020
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
- People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.