Baird Fund Corporation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

5 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Manage the endowment that supports the publication and distribution of the beta theta pi magazine to beta theta pi fraternity members and supporters.

Revenue model: Investment-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: 5.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.1; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 16.5%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $338K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.