Biographers International Organization
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272781266
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Santa Fe, NM, USA
- Phone
- 5059834671
- Rating
- 73
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,254
- Expenses
- $88,783
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DEIDRE DAVID (Vice President)
- CATHY CURTIS (President)
People named in this filing
- SARAH KILBORNE (Director)
- LINDA LEAVELL (Director)
- KAI BIRD (Director)
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
Biographers international organization promotes the art and craft of biography and seeks to further the interests of its practitioners, both published biographers and those who are working toward that end. It does this through its monthly newsletter, "the biographer's craftx; its quarterly newsletter, "the latest news in biographyx; its annual conference; other educational events; regular podcasts; and its social media platforms, including its website.
What it reported doing in 2019
Bio's tenth annual conference, held at the city university of New York's graduate center and in four other venues in New York city may 17-19, 2019, brought together some 225 working biographers, would-be biographers, literary agents and editors to take part in an opening reception featuring three-minute readings by biographers whose works were recently published, as well as guided tours of New York city research libraries and archives; an all-day series of panels; a plenary session and roundtable discussions to learn about their craft. The conference also included specialized workshops and the presentation of the bio and biblio awards, among other awards and fellowships.bio's sixth annual editorial excellence award event, held in New York city in november, drew some 75 people to honor ileene smith, vice president and executive editor at farrar, straus and giroux. Bio keeps its members updated throughout the year with its website, facebook page, twitter account and monthly newsletter, which also is circulated well beyond bio's membership.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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 - 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: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 26
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 67.6%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 65.6%; rating input score 66
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- 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: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.7% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 67.6% of revenue deployed · 65.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $58K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2012 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.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.