National Association of Hispanic Journalists Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
953927141
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
8663560898
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$0
Expenses
$0
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • YVETTE CABRERA (NATIONAL PRESIDENT)
  • MC NELLY TORRES (VICE PRESIDENT, DIGITAL)
  • JULIO CESAR CHAVEZ (VICE PRESIDENT, BROADCAST)
  • ARELIS R HERNANDEZ (VICE PRESIDENT, PRINT)
  • DAVID PENA JR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID PENA JR (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $150,001 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

National association of hispanic journalists (nahj) was incorporated in 1984 in California, and reincorporated in Washington dc in 2017, and is dedicated to the recognition and professional advancement of hispanics in the news industry. Nahj is governed by a fourteen (14) member board of directors that consists of executive officers and regional directors who represent geographic areas of the united states and the caribbean. The national office is located in Washington, dc. Nahj's main sources of revenue consist of grants, sponsorships, and registration fees.

What it reported doing in 2022

Member newsletter, research, and online information - provide members with a newsletter and online information on current trends in the profession and prepares a report on the status of latino journalists.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 58
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: NotEnoughData
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • 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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 16 of 16 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $150K · 17 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 11 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2011 to 2022
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.