Indiana State Teachers Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 351148612
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN, USA
- Phone
- 844-ASK-ISTA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Labor Unions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $22,245,185
- Expenses
- $21,352,834
- Assets
- $44,821,636
- Liabilities
- $11,617,052
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
52 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEITH GAMBILL (PRESIDENT (THROUGH 7/14/25))
- STACY KURDELAK (VICE PRESIDENT (SINCE 7/14/25))
- NATE WILLIAMS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (SINCE 9/9/2024))
- GLENN BAFIA (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (6/1/24-9/8/24))
- SHARYL MATHIS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (9/1/23-5/31/24))
Highest reported compensation
- KEITH GAMBILL (PRESIDENT (THROUGH 7/14/25)): $297,536 total reported compensation
- KIM CLEMENTS-JOHNSON (MANAGER): $271,451 total reported compensation
- COREY KERN (MANAGER): $270,986 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To elevate the respect of all educators.
What it reported doing in 2024
Ista's government relations activities continue to address legislation and other functions which include: legislation-to lobby legislators and the executive branch to enact appropriations and laws to strengthen and protect public education; to participate in coalitions to advance the cause of public education; agency relations-to advocate accurate and helpful agency interpretation and enforcement of laws, court cases, and regulations on matters affecting public schools and their employees. Agencies include (but are not limited to): state board of education and department of education; Indiana education employment relations board and agency; Indiana public retirement system including the teachers retirement fund. Political education and action- to research and collect candidate information to share with members; to facilitate member involvement in the political process as delegates and party officials; to register and turn out members to vote; to collect and disburse voluntary political action dollars separate from dues to elect friends of public education to office.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 75% 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 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: 83
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 20
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; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 91.4%; rating input score 91; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.1; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.26; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.1%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 32 of 35 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $298K · 52 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
- Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 51/100.