Council of Graduate Students
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411404226
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2012–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6126252982
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $123,890
- Expenses
- $165,736
- Assets
- $164,129
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- TAREQ BASTAWISY (PRESIDENT (Q1))
- DREW SWARTZ (PRESIDENT (Q2-4) V.P. (Q1))
People named in this filing
- TAREQ BASTAWISY (PRESIDENT (Q1))
- DREW SWARTZ (PRESIDENT (Q2-4) V.P. (Q1))
- EMILY KURTZ (DIRECTOR OF INTERNAL RELATIONS)
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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Representation and advocacy for graduate students.
What it reported doing in 2022
2022-2023 program service accomplishments: engaged with 500+ graduate students through orientation and welcome week events. Engaged with 900+ graduate students through graduate student appreciation weekevents. Reviewed grants with a team of 111 graduate students and faculty awarded $75,243.54 in grants for 119 individual graduate students launched a comprehensive big 10 stipend comparison initiative at the university of Minnesota. Developed a comprehensive living university resource guide, which serves as a valuable reference for our students, offering guidance on various aspects of university life, resources, and support available to them. Overview: individual grants - grants issued to students for travel expenses and conference fees, enabling them to present their research or explore their research areas of interest at conferences and career-building events (virtual and in-person). 112 awards, $75,243 total.social events - events aimed to facilitate interaction and collaboration among graduate students at the university of Minnesota. Examples of such events included professional workshops, coffee hours, welcome week orientation activities, and other regular social or networking events to bring together the diverse student body. $31,038.student group grants - grants awarded to graduate student groups at the university of Minnesota to organize their own events for more specific graduate student needs/interactions. 1 group, $8,117.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 46% for direct work, and 54% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 99
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 31
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 97.7%; rating input score 98
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -33.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.99; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.6% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $162K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2012 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- 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: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 25/100.