Inter Faculty Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
363608633
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
St Paul, MN, USA
Phone
6512278442
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,246,705
Expenses
$2,330,283
Assets
$4,924,091
Liabilities
$1,161,100

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DEREK WEBB (FA PRESIDENT, BOARD, VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER CHERNEGA (IFO PRESIDENT, BOARD)
  • MARIA KINGSBURY (FA PRESIDENT, BOARD)
  • MUMBI MWANGI (FA PRESIDENT, BOARD)
  • OSCAR FLORES (FA PRESIDENT, BOARD)
  • PATRICK CLIPSHAM (FA PRESIDENT, BOARD, SECRETARY)

Highest reported compensation

  • JON BOHN (DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS): $198,948 total reported compensation
  • KATHRYN ENGDAHL (LABOR & EQUITY OFFICER): $187,597 total reported compensation
  • PATRICE ARSENEAULT (LABOR & EQUITY DIRECTOR): $183,284 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Collective bargaining agent for faculty in Minnesota state universities, legislative lobbying for funding and improvement of salaries and benefits.

What it reported doing in 2024

The ifo is a community that takes professional responsibility for excellent, accessible, and inclusive public higher education in Minnesota. The ifo represents the interests, welfare, and aspirations of faculty members through collective bargaining, contract enforcement and advocacy. The ifo is governed by its members who ensure that their priorities and challenges are heard and respected by the organization in its work to improve higher education in Minnesota and provide better wages, benefits, and working conditions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 85
  • Sustainability: 35
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Program expense ratio: 90.5%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 74.1%; rating input score 74; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -3.7%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.11; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.24; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 34.8%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.1% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 89.6% of revenue deployed · 90.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 20 of 27 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $199K · 32 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $357K reported
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 23/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.