Frontiers Journal Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 141809391
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Newville, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7172451445
- Rating
- 36
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Printing, Publishing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $9,000
- Expenses
- $7,651
- Assets
- $11,652
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Brian Whalen (President/Editor)
People named in this filing
- Brian Whalen (President/Editor)
- Rhoda Borcherding (Associate Editor)
- Katharine Krebs (Associate Editor)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To publish an academic journal focusing on U.S. education abroad.
What it reported doing in 2014
Frontiers has successfully published 24 volumes and made the contents of the journal freely accessible on its web site. It is the leading academic journal in its field.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 66
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 15%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -13.1% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -15.1% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2014
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 59/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.