Indian River Literary Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
650794160
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Vero Beach, FL, USA
Phone
4404893103
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Humanities Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$161,933
Expenses
$152,198
Assets
$228,552
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEE REISER (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBIN BESSIN (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • DEE REISER (PRESIDENT)
  • ROBIN BESSIN (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • RENEE TYSON (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Advance and promote literary discussions

What it reported doing in 2025

Guest authors are invited to address the members of the society on their literary works. Meetings are held approximately seven times a year to promote literature and literary discussions.

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.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 59
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 85.7%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 91

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 6%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.5; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.7% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 85.7% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $138K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 47/100.