Austin Community College Center for Public Policy and Political Studies

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 205649821
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2015–2019
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2019
Location: Austin, TX, USA
Phone: 5122237069
Rating confidence: Limited
Sector: Government and Public Administration

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue: $0
Expenses: $41,845
Assets: $0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

WILLIAM R YOUNG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
ROBERT A REYES (PRESIDENT)
JOENE GRISSOM (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

WILLIAM R YOUNG (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
ROBERT A REYES (PRESIDENT)
JOENE GRISSOM (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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To enable and empower acc students to gain knowledge and experience of, and to actively participate in varied political and policy processes that govern our city, our state,

What it reported doing in 2019

Conducted constitution debate day event. This is an event in which about 400 students discuss and debateconstitutional issues with the guidance of acc faculty, local judges, and local attorneys. Each year, this event is held on or near the anniversary of the united states constitution (september 18, 2019).

Operating model

Revenue model: No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model: Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 60
Transparency & Controls: 82
Sustainability: 7
Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: Limited
Program expense ratio: 59.7%; rating input score 60

Transparency & Controls

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

Operating margin: Limited
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -14.6% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -36% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -29.1% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 59.7% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $25K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 5 filing years from 2015 to 2019
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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.