Investigative Reporting Alliance

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921089858
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Shoreview, MN, USA
Phone
6519834118
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Media, Communications Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$3,447
Assets
$15,152
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Christopher Worthington (CEO, EIC)
  • Gayle Golden (Board President, COO)

People named in this filing

  • Christopher Worthington (CEO, EIC)
  • Gayle Golden (Board President, COO)
  • Dave Peters (Board Secretary)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

This corporation is organized exclusively for charitable, religious and educational as specified in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, including for such purposes, the making of distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code.The purpose of this corporation is: to support local news organizations as they conduct investigative journalism projects in their communities; to improve overall capabilities and capacity of news organizations to execute investigative journalism through collaboration and training; to create a network of news organizations within regions and nationally that share knowledge about key topic areas in the public interest

What it reported doing in 2024

The Investigative Reporting Alliance continued to try to raise money to advance its first mission of creating a nonprofit news services dedicated to the issue of gun incidents in schools. That project, called The Perimeter, is dedicated to helping communities understand that issue in their schools and assisting reporters with knowledge and expertise to report well and responsibly on the matter. Donor outreach continued through the year. All activities this year were dedicated to raising funds to support launch of the enterprise.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.4; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -200% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -20.4% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.