American Main Street Initiative Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
873579772
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Reported finances

Revenue
$148,185
Expenses
$139,388
Assets
$22,104
Liabilities
$300

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Jeffrey H Anderson (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jeffrey H Anderson (President)
  • Edward Corrigan (Treasurer)
  • Peter Rough (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Charitable and educational purposes to provide intellectual support for pro-America pro-Main Street policies including the principles of the rule of law fiscal prudence pro-American trade policies and legal immigration and to educate the nations leaders and the public regarding such policies.

What it reported doing in 2024

Provide crucial intellectual support for the ideas that benefit everyday Americans and the American way of life through unflinching persuasive and intellectually rigorous content in high-visibility outlets.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 67% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 34
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 91.8%; rating input score 92

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: 5.9%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 32.6%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 62.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 35.4% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.3% of revenue deployed · 91.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $128K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.