Mindbridge Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

10 people listed

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

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Provide a resource group for those interested in science fiction, fantasy and related areas.

Mindbridge hosted the animeiowa 2025 convention for 3,258 attendees.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: Limited
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: 85.7%; rating input score 86; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: -1.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 4% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes grants
Filing history: 12 filing years from 2012 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
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.

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

High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 56/100.