I2e Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 731525913
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Oklahoma City, OK, USA
- Phone
- 4058132404
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,131,073
- Expenses
- $4,055,953
- Assets
- $22,917,026
- Liabilities
- $927,701
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
31 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REX SMITHERMAN (PRESIDENT)
- JUSTIN WILSON (IMCI MANAGING DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- JUSTIN WILSON (IMCI MANAGING DIRECTOR/PRESIDENT): $341,906 total reported compensation
- REX SMITHERMAN (PRESIDENT): $241,540 total reported compensation
- MARK LAUINGER (SVP CLIENT SERVICES): $204,203 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Our mission is investing in entrepreneurs to build successful high growth companies in Oklahoma.
What it reported doing in 2024
Accelerate Oklahoma funds: accelerate Oklahoma and its subsidiaries were created to facilitate management of federal funds made available to the Oklahoma department of commerce (odoc) by the u.s. Treasury for the state small business credit initiative (ssbci) program. The organization's contract, as amended, with odoc in the amount of $13,227,911 had a funding period of may 1, 2011 through march 31, 2017. On march 31, 2017, the federal ssbci program ended. Per the first amendment to the original allocation agreement executed october 18, 2012, any repayment of invested funds, principal and any investment gains, shall remain with accelerate Oklahoma and be used to maintain, manage, and reinvest consistent with the investment plans set forth in the original allocation agreement. A second amendment to the original allocation agreement, dated january 10, 2017, allows i2e to charge a fee for management services and to earn a carried interest on any program income in the form of investment gain on funds invested. The organization is the sole member of accelerate Oklahoma and accelerate Oklahoma is the sole member of each of its subsidiaries. Each of these entities are disregarded for income tax purposes and, as such, all activity will ultimately pass to the sole member, the organization. During the tax year, i2e contracted with i2e management company, inc. To provide management services for i2e accelerate Oklahoma, llc. The i2e angel sidecar fund, llc and i2e growok fund, llc were merged into i2e accelerate Oklahoma, ll on june 28, 2019. The i2e startok fund, llc was merged into i2e accelerate Oklahoma, llc on july 18, 2019.
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 98% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. The filing does not identify recipients for some grant dollars and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 91
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.5%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 86.5%; rating input score 87
- Fundraising efficiency: $37.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 42.9%; rating input score 43; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -90.3%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.65; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 29.9%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.5% of revenue deployed · 86.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $3.5M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $342K · 31 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 31 of 33 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 9 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 12 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 43/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.