National Stereoscopic Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237417601
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2018–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, USA
Phone
3103775393
Rating
44
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$105,477
Expenses
$107,388
Assets
$244,282

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

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOHN BEUCHE (PRESIDENT)
  • BARB GAUCHE (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PHYLLIS MASLIN (BOARD MEMBER)
  • RUSSEL NORTON (BOARD CHAIRMAN)
  • JOHN BEUCHE (PRESIDENT)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To produce the world's most comprehensive magazine covering stereoscopic history and research on stereoscopic images. To promote the research, collection, and use of vintage and contemporary stereoviews, stereo cameras, equipment, and related materials.

What it reported doing in 2025

To promote the practice of stereo photography.to encourage the use of stereoscopy in the fields of visual arts and technology.to foster the appreciation of the stereograph as a visual historical record.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

MIXED - 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: 15
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 15.3%; rating input score 15
  • Program expense ratio: 15%; rating input score 15

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1.8%; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.27; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 28.8% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.4% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 15.3% of revenue deployed · 15% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $16K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2018 to 2025
  • 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 15/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 25/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.