Greenfield Ideas Exchange Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
920601132
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Silver Spring, MD, USA
Phone
2408995864
Rating
60
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Censorship, Freedom of Speech and Press

Reported finances

Revenue
$30,241
Expenses
$26,920
Assets
$774,908
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID BANDURSKI (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROSS SETTLES (CHAIRMAN)
  • JOSHUA ROSENZWEIG (TREASURER)
  • KATHERINE WILHELM (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our mission is to strengthen democratic values around the world by supporting and empowering diverse journalistic and independent voices from china and the wider global chinese-language media sphere. Our vision is a free, open, and informed global conversation about the journalism and media environment in china and its implications for the world. We strive toward these goals by strengthening our understanding of media ecosystems in the prc and globally through research, networking and exchange. Gie's signature project, the china media project (cmp) has a world-class reputation and impact as a leading authority on media and politics in the people's republic of china.

What it reported doing in 2024

Research - lingua sinica: mapping chinese-language media globally: furthering our mission of empowering diverse journalistic in the global chinese-language media sphere, we launched lingua sinica, a newsletter and research project mapping the presence of chinese-language media in regions around the world, documenting the restrictions they face, amplifying quality professional voices, and also revealing possible exposure to interference from the prc state.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 31
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 71
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.6%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 36.7%; rating input score 37
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 28.79; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -171.5% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -187.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.4% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.6% of revenue deployed · 36.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $10K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 33/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.