Government Finance Education Institute Attention Lori Raineri

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300422534
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9164445100
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Interdisciplinary Research

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$6,356
Assets
$0

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

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • LORI RAINERI (Executive Dir.)
  • SIL REGGIARDO (Secretary)

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

The government financial strategies institute is a non profit public benefit corporation dedicated to assisting public agencies through research. Its research will benefit public agencies by identifying practical methods to increase efficiency, reduce costs and be good stewards of public funds.

What it reported doing in 2023

No activities during the current year. Previously hosted a colloquium "america: built by bonds or bilked by bonds". The topic of the colloquium involves "black box" bond issuances that in many cases do not provide meaningful funding for public uses and serve little function other than to generate commissions.the organization is liquidate and this is a final return.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 7
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • 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: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -39.7% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: California registration: this organization is recorded as not currently operating in California.