Association for Persons Supporting Employment First Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 421419086
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Klemme, IA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $98,329
- Expenses
- $88,550
- Assets
- $40,071
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Mistie Johnson (President)
People named in this filing
- Mistie Johnson (President)
- Kara Huss (Co-treasurer)
- Kelly Kratz (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mission Statement: To advance employment equity for people with disabilities.
What it reported doing in 2025
Program: Iowa APSE Annual Supported Employment Summit Conference Service provided: This annual summit is an educational and networking opportunity for Supported Employment Professionals Advocates Self-Advocates Supported Employers Policy Makers and Funding Entities to gain further education CEUs and information on best practice strategies frontline leadership resources state and federal policy updates information and support with implementation as well as a resource track to educate attendees on available state and federal resources all targeted in supporting and elevating the Employment 1st mission. Number of people benefited: 150+ individuals annually access this service.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 85% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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: 44
- Growth: 80
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: 9.9%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 30; 30th 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: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th 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: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.