Indiana Society of Professional Land Surveyors Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237241102
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 3173284636
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Single Organization Support
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $391,540
- Expenses
- $384,033
- Assets
- $527,852
- Liabilities
- $88,416
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ALEX DAUGHERTY (PRESIDENT)
- ZACH BEASLEY (PRESIDENT- ELECT)
- RYAN SELBY (PAST PRESIDENT)
- DON WILLIAMS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- BRIAN LEWIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- ALEX DAUGHERTY (PRESIDENT)
- ZACH BEASLEY (PRESIDENT- ELECT)
- RYAN SELBY (PAST PRESIDENT)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
As a not-for-profit service organization, we seek growth and development of our profession. Our primary mission is to provide our membership a professional identity, professional guidelines and direction, educational services and to promote the interests of the profession. The philosophy of ispls is to encourage all who are in the surveying profession to value professional ethics in thought and deed, to maintain competency in performance of duties, to insure trustworthiness, to provide quality in work, and to constantly protect the public interest.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Indiana society of professional land surveyors (ispls) has made workforce development a central focus of its mission, dedicating significant volunteer time and resources to attract and train the next generation of surveyors. Ispls coordinates outreach at major events, hosts classroom visits, and partners with educators to promote surveying careers. The organization invests hundreds of volunteer hours each year planning, staffing, and delivering programs. With Indiana's surveying workforce aging, these sustained initiatives are vital to raising awareness, inspiring students, and strengthening the profession's future talent pipeline.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 91% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 46
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 1.9%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.37; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -52.4% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $132K reported
- Consistency: 10 of 10 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.