Fully Informed Jury Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
810461842
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
White Sulphur Springs, MT, USA
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$25,460
Expenses
$27,301
Assets
$63,547

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Robert Anthony Peters (Chairman)
  • Don Doig (Vice Chairman)
  • Steve Hicks (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

Education

What it reported doing in 2025

Educational outreach efforts to fully inform the public about trial by jury including via the FIJA website social media video speaking engagements information tables courthouse outreach interactive quizzes mock trials podcasts webinars etc. benefitting approximately 200,000 people. Writing editing and publishing in print and electronically educational information and materials including on the FIJA website educational brochures and other print publications articles on trial by jury newsletters e-books etc. benefitting approximately 200,000 people. Research of current and historical trials by jury other jury-related court cases and other jury-related historic and legal topics and development and analysis of datasets and other information regarding trial by jury benefitting approximately 200,000 people.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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 program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -7.2%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.33; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.9% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -18% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.