Media Communications Association- International

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237099731
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2016
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2016
Location
Madison, WI, USA
Phone
8888996224
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Television

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$57,175
Expenses
$110,115
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JIM DUFEK (PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN PAGE (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • BRIAN ALBERTH (PRESIDENT EMERITUS)
  • SHARON PERTZBORN-JENSEN (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MELISSA THOMPSON (CO-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • JIM DUFEK (PRESIDENT)
  • BRIAN PAGE (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • LIZ DE NESNERA (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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Media communications association-international is an organization of media communications professionals that provides opportunities for networking, forums for education, and resources for information.

What it reported doing in 2016

Media communications association-international's chapters hold meetings, conventions and trade shows for the benefit of members within a local or regional area. Mediaprocamps were hosted by the atlanta, detroit, los angeles, orange county, and san diego chapters. The mediaprocamp event was an industry first started in 2009 in southern California and is a prototype for other chapters around the country. It is a free all-day event for media professionals featuring collaboration and issue brainstorming. The event draws a number of industry notables and is open to the public. Attendance varies at each event with the highest attendance being 125. The event features roundtables, educational discussions, problem-solving, and career-enhancing topics. Chapters host monthly meetings, seminars and award programs for their local members. Some local chapters will form new independent organizations in 2017.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 94
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 5
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 85.3%; rating input score 85

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -92.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.7%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.5% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -22% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 85.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $94K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.