Aaf Indianapolis Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
351761459
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2021
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2021
Location
Carmel, IN, USA
Phone
3173393495
Rating
63
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,228
Expenses
$3,736
Assets
$22,816

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LAURYN ZIMMERMAN (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LAURYN ZIMMERMAN (PRESIDENT)
  • DREW HILL (VICE PRESIDE)
  • KENDALL PRINSEN (SECRETARY)

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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The organization's purpose is to recognize individual achievements in advertising and to promote more ethical, truthful and creative advertising.

What it reported doing in 2021

Education in advertising is provided promoting a more ethical, truthful and creative means for the advertising profession.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 34.2%; rating input score 34
  • Program expense ratio: 84.4%; rating input score 84

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 59.5%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.11; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -28.8% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -16.1% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 34.2% of revenue deployed · 84.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2015 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 34/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.