Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133190926
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Madison, NJ, USA
Phone
8043508713
Rating
50
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Women's Studies

Reported finances

Revenue
$41,937
Expenses
$38,349
Assets
$356,480

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • MELANIE JOHNSON-DEBAUFRE (PRESIDENT)
  • TRACY TIEMEIER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MELANIE JOHNSON-DEBAUFRE (PRESIDENT)
  • JIMMY HOKE (TREASURER/SECRETARY)
  • TRACY TIEMEIER (VICE 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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Interdisciplinary feminist scholarship.

What it reported doing in 2025

Other program service accomplishments: designing and maintaining the organizations website and blog, and interacting with members, scholars, donors and others. The colaboratory facilitates in-person and online public engagement and creates space to share and develop ideas, resources, and tools that advance inclusiveness and feminist imagination.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and total assets are large relative to annual expenses, but may not be spendable cash. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 27
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 20.1%; rating input score 20
  • Program expense ratio: 38.3%; rating input score 38

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.6%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 9.3; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -22.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 20.1% of revenue deployed · 38.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $15K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 38/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 58/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.