Exponent II

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237378783
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Ayer, MA, USA
Phone
2098503775
Rating
87
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Religious Printing, Publishing
Affiliation
Religious (unspecified)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,886
Expenses
$109,802
Assets
$218,433

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LORI LEVAR PIERCE (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • LORI LEVAR PIERCE (PRESIDENT)
  • LINDSAY DENTON (VP/SECRETARY)
  • JEANINE BEAN (TREASURER)

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

Exponent II provides feminist forums for women and gender minorities across the Mormon spectrum to share their diverse life experiences in an atmosphere of trust and acceptance. Through these exchanges, we strive to create a community to better understand and support each other. _Exponent II has no official connection to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints._. In the 1990s, Exponent II changed the original phrase, “Our common bond is our commitment to the Church and the women of the Church” to “Our common bond is our connection to the Church and our commitment to women.” And in 2020, we updated our mission statement to include gender minorities. What has always endured is our instance to honor all spiritual journeys in an atmosphere of trust. Whether in person at the annual retreat in New England, on the page, or on a screen, the organization helps individuals find their...

What it reported doing in 2025

Member outreach, hosting a blog, website, newsletter and social media accounts to disseminate information, increase discussion, and strengthen the community. Approximately 25,000 members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 97.2%; rating input score 97

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 33.4%; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.99; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 24.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 20.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.7% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
  • Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 97.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.