Journalism Association of Community Colleges

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
946108903
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2015, Form 990-EZ 2022
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
Phone
9162886012
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$34,986
Expenses
$27,598
Assets
$57,097
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICOLE VARGAS (FACULTY PRESIDENT)
  • CECILIA DECK (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • SUSANA SERRANO (STUDENT PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • NICOLE VARGAS (FACULTY PRESIDENT)
  • CECILIA DECK (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • OPEN (FACULTY NORCAL REPRESENTAT)

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 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Membership organization of the journalism departments of two-year California community colleges with a mission to exchange ideas and opinions, to develop and maintain effective curricula, to provide enriching educational experiences for members, to render mutual aid, and to develop and maintain a free student press.it is the philosophy of the organization to encourage equal student and faculty participation.

What it reported doing in 2022

Conferences and convention - held northern California and southern California conferences to provide students and faculty from members schools a variety of journalism workshops, contests, and meetings. Also held a mid-winter faculty conference providing community college faculty a variety of journalism workshops focusing on the different issues involved in teaching journalism. Finally, also held an annual convention bringing together students and faculty from member schools for speaker, workshops, contests, meetings and more.

Operating model

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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 68
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.1%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.07; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -22.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2022
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.