Access Press Ltd

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
411845476
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6516442133
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Developmentally Disabled Centers

Reported finances

Revenue
$198,314
Expenses
$210,746
Assets
$59,226
Liabilities
$145,387

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LYNDA MILNE (PRESIDENT)
  • JANE LARSON (PRESIDENT (ON LEAVE))
  • JOHN TSCHIDA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • HEIDI HOLSTE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • LYNDA MILNE (PRESIDENT)
  • JANE LARSON (PRESIDENT (ON LEAVE))
  • JOHN TSCHIDA (VICE PRESIDENT)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Access press exists to promote the social inclusion and legal rights of people with disabilities by providing a forum for news, features, opinion and conversation to benefit people who are often invisible and marginalized in mainstream society.

What it reported doing in 2025

Access press is a monthly newspaper available in print and digital. We produced the paper continuously throughout the year and since 1990. This program provides news and information specifically for people with disabilities, caregivers and organizations serving people with disabilities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 84
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 19
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 80.7%; rating input score 81

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.3%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.45; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.7% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.9% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.8% of revenue deployed · 80.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $170K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2013 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.