Advertising Club of Buffalo Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
161283149
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Buffalo, NY, USA
Phone
0000000000
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$98,217
Expenses
$104,059
Assets
$16,106
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lindsay Neilson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Lindsay Neilson (President)
  • Katherine Kuebler (VP - Communications)
  • Devan Brady (VP - Programming)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Support and connect the advertising industry in western New York through collaboration education networking and events we offer creative thinkers and marketing-savvy minds the opportunity to do more and get better seasoned experts are able to share experiences and keep up with the latest trends students are provided access to the resources and people they need to get in and get ahead

What it reported doing in 2024

American Advertising Awards - Organized and hosted the annual American Advertising Awards ADDYs to recognize and celebrate creative excellence in the Western New York advertising community promoting professional growth and local industry prestige

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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 - 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: 76
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 78.3%; rating input score 78
  • Program expense ratio: 73.9%; rating input score 74

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.9%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 19.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.3% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 78.3% of revenue deployed · 73.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.