Indiana Center for Nursing Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
383697192
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2010, Form 990-N 2008
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3175741325
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Nursing Services (General)

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$777,234
Expenses
$793,836
Assets
$355,539
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

81 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BARBARA WHITE (PRESIDENT)
  • REBECCA BARTLETT ELLIS (IMM. PAST PRESIDENT (PARTIAL TERM))
  • JENNIFER CHIUSANO (PRESIDENT (PARTIAL TERM))
  • JILL PAYNE (VICE PRESIDENT (PARTIAL TERM))
  • DIANE HOUNTZ (CEO/COO)

Highest reported compensation

  • DIANE HOUNTZ (CEO/COO): $133,492 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Indiana center for nursing unites statewide nursing education and practice leaders to affect change, through one voice, to ensure a diverse, highly qualified, and healthy nursing workforce that advocates for equitable healthcare across the state.

What it reported doing in 2025

To assure the future of Indiana's nursing workforce and promote Indiana as a destination state for nursing practice. Expand and enhance our current services and secure the future of Indiana's licensed nursing workforce.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 96% of its reported program spending out as grants.

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: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 31
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 52.6%; rating input score 53
  • Program expense ratio: 51.2%; rating input score 51
  • 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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: -2.1%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 52.6% of revenue deployed · 51.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 61 of 61 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $407K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $133K · 81 people listed
  • Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2012 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 11 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 9 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 53/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.