Mid-south Science and Fiction Conventions Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
621600499
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Memphis, TN, USA
Phone
9012837716
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Museum, Museum Activities

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,919
Expenses
$8,184
Assets
$11,682
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Wesley Kinslow (boardmember at-large)
  • Jane Venters-Dike (Secretary)
  • Sylvia Cox (Treasurer)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote education and support other charities via our annual 3-day event where various guest speakers representing the professions of art, writing, publishing, and science participate in panel discussions with convention attendees. Our expenses are all for the annual event, with the 3 largest expenses being the guest speakers, the venue, and event operations (schedules, publicity, logistics, and attendees' hospitality. Proceeds are donated to Literacy MidSouth and the Science Fiction writers of America Emergency Medical fund. We had no events in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. In 2023 we were unable to hold our annual event due to our inability to find a venue to host our convention.

What it reported doing in 2023

MidSouth Science and Fiction Conventions, Inc., promotes education and support other charities via our annual 3-day event where various guest speakers representing the professions of art, writing, publishing, and science participate in panel discussions with convention attendees. Our expenses are all for the annual event, with the 3 largest expenses being the guest speakers, the venue, and event operations (schedules, publicity, logistics, and attendees' hospitality. Proceeds are donated to Literacy MidSouth and the Science Fiction writers of America Emergency Medical fund. We had no events in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. In 2022 we held our annual event. Due to low attendance, as a result of the pandemic and no events for 2 years, the resulting expenses prohibited the organization from providing donations to our official charities. In 2023, we were unable to hold our annual event due to the inability to secure a venue for the convention. This prohibited the organization from providing donations to our official charities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 35
  • Growth: 40

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: -108.8%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.43; rating input score 55; 55th 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: 8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -41.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2021 to 2023
  • 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.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.