Cutler Publications Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237085967
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Colorado Spgs, CO, USA
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$24,049
Expenses
$130,111
Assets
$15,563
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Zeke Lloyd (President)
  • Sienna Busby (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Zeke Lloyd (President)
  • Sienna Busby (Vice President)
  • Karen West (Controller)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide Colorado College students with the opportunity to produce hard hitting unbiased and informative journalism through a variety of different magazines. These are distributed across the campus and online for students faculty alumni and community members to enjoy.

What it reported doing in 2023

The Catalyst Newspaper publishes a newspaper three weeks of the month for eight months of the year. It provides the opportunity for students to write articles on everything from campus events to international affairs. These newspapers are distributed across the campus to an audience of 2,300+ undergraduates 500+ faculty and available to be read online by community members and alumni alike.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 89% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 14
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 67.8%; rating input score 68

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -441%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.5%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 12.5% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.4% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -15.5% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 67.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $88K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 8 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 3/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.