Association of Schools of Journalism and Mass Communication
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 611439329
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Columbia, SC, USA
- Phone
- 8037980271
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Nonmonetary Support N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,536
- Expenses
- $82,907
- Assets
- $161,256
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- EMILY METZGAR (PRESIDENT)
- HUB BROWN (PRESIDENT EL)
People named in this filing
- EMILY METZGAR (PRESIDENT)
- HUB BROWN (PRESIDENT EL)
- KIM BISSELL (VICE PRESIDE)
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
The mission of the association is to provide leadership for excellence in all aspects of journalism and mass communication education by the achievement and maintenance of the highest standards in journalism and mass communication education in the nation's colleges and universities.
What it reported doing in 2024
To promote excellence in administration of journalism and mass communication education through workshops, meetings, publications, and grants to member schools.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 51.8%; rating input score 52
- Program expense ratio: 59.9%; rating input score 60
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17.5%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.95; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 114.6%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 51.8% of revenue deployed · 59.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 52/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 0/100.