Ihr Educational Broadcasting

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
680411982
IRS 990 coverage
2013–2016
Forms available
Form 990 2016
Location
Loomis, CA, USA
Rating
76
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Standard
Sector
Religious Media, Communications
Affiliation
Christianity

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$8,243,235
Expenses
$6,704,854
Assets
$33,915,920
Liabilities
$14,141,524

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DOUGLAS SHERMAN (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • DOUGLAS SHERMAN (PRESIDENT): $157,879 total reported compensation
  • DICK JENKINS (DIRECTOR OF REVENUE): $143,021 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To advance the teachings of jesus christ, as taught by the magisterium of the catholic church, by disseminating catholic teachings to the public.

What it reported doing in 2016

Ihr is organized to advance the teachings of the catholic church to the public through printed materials, lectures and seminars, and radio. The organization also serves the community by assisting in the start up of new catholic radio stations. This assistance includes, but is not limited to, the raising of funds through donations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 68
  • Transparency & Controls: 70
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 74
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 81.2%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: $9.44 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 18.7%; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.06; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.42; rating input score 31; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 4.5%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.5% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66% of revenue deployed · 81.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5.4M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $158K · 4 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 30 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2013 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 41/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 31/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 52/100.