Mountain Area Information Network

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
561884028
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2009–2014
Forms available
Form 990 2013, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Asheviile, NC, USA
Phone
8282550182
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Community, Neighborhood Development

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$139,388
Expenses
$148,537
Assets
$1,659
Liabilities
$61,604

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PATRICIA FURNISH (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PATRICIA FURNISH (PRESIDENT)
  • PATRYK BATTLE (VICE PRESIDE)
  • MARK WEST (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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Main is a nonprofit community network using integrated media technologies to expand the local public sphere and to support: participatory democracy, citizen access to media, independent journalism, local cultural & artistic expression, locally-owned businesses, social & economic

What it reported doing in 2014

Main continued to provide dial up internet service to the 14 county rural mountain region of western nc, to expand its wireless internet service in selected areas in western nc.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 77%; rating input score 77

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -6.6%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 37.13; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.3% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -19.8% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.1% of revenue deployed · 77% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $114K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2009 to 2014
  • 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

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  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.