Calyx Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
510184181
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
Location
Corvallis, OR, USA
Phone
5417539384
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$45,724
Expenses
$40,825
Assets
$129,497
Liabilities
$6,848

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • ANN CRAIG (MEMBER AT LARGE)
  • EMERSON CRAIG (Treasurer)
  • ROBIN KISH (MEMBER AT LARGE)

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

The primary program of calyx, inc. Is the production of calyx journal, a journal dedicated to publishing the finest art and literature by women. Calyx journal receives submissions from individuals, has subscribers, and is distributed to bookstores nationwide.

What it reported doing in 2025

Calyx exists to nurture women's creativity by publishing fine literature and art by women. Calyx is committed to:- introducing a wide audience to high quality literature and art by women- providiing a forum for diversity and underrepresented writers and viewpoints- discovering and publishing emerging and developing writers- preserving publications for future audiences

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 78% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Assets have declined or grown slowly and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 83
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 54
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.3%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 88.9%; rating input score 89

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.7%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.17; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 9.9%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 7.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.3% of revenue deployed · 88.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 10/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.