Indiana Seed Trade Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.

14 people listed

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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Promote Indiana seed trade industry.

Conduct annual cornbelt conference regarding industry developments and continuing education for benefit of members.

Revenue model: Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Limited
- Other executive compensation review process: Limited
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: -677.5%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Program expense growth: 44.8% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -19.4% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
Schedules: 3 filed schedules
Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2017
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

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