Debs-jones-douglass Institute Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 522126660
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2022554615
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $707,071
- Expenses
- $252,058
- Assets
- $1,825,140
- Liabilities
- $191,942
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARK DUDZIC (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- KATHERINE ISAAC (SEC. - TREASURE): $165,153 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The purpose of debs-jones-douglass institute is to assist in the establishment of a society in which equality of opportunity will be assured, with the belief that the realization of equal citizenship for all, irrespective of gender, race, ethnicity, creed or sexual orientation, requires education in the fullest range of educational methods, curricula and delivery systems.the institute will conduct public education by holding meetings, lectures, discussion groups, conferences and summer schools; by promoting research in national and international political, economic and social problems; by publishing books; pamphlets and periodicals; and by any other appropriate methods.
What it reported doing in 2025
The institute is organized exclusively for charitable and educational purposes, including organizing meetings, lectures, discussion groups, conferences and summer schools: by promoting research in national and international political, economic and social problems including health care and higher education; and by publishing books, pamphlets and periodicals.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 78% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 49
- Transparency & Controls: 65
- Accountability: 78
- Sustainability: 75
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 37.5%; rating input score 38
- Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 64.4%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 7.24; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.11; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 65.5%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 37.5% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $209K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $165K · 5 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 38/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.