Nebraska Rural Radio Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN: 261544806
IRS 990-EZ coverage: 2010–2016
Forms available: Form 990-EZ 2016
Location: Lexington, NE, USA
Phone: 3083250787
Rating: 90
Verdict: STRONG
Rating confidence: Moderate
Sector: Arts, Culture, and Humanities

Reported finances

Revenue: $55,635
Expenses: $216,086
Assets: $51,804
Liabilities: $173

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

HOLLY SCHROEDER (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

SALLIE ATKINS (DIRECTOR)
GEORGE BEATTIE (DIRECTOR)
TOM DOWNEY (DIRECTOR)

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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To provide individuals with an agricultural background an opportunity to further their education and to assist in telling the story of agriculture.

What it reported doing in 2016

To provide individuals with an agricultural background an opportunity to further their education and to assist in telling the story of agriculture

Operating model

Revenue model: Donor-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model: Direct operator. The filing allocates 86% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

Financial Efficiency: 93
Transparency & Controls: 100
Sustainability: 13
Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
Program expense ratio: 81.9%; rating input score 82

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

Operating margin: -288.4%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 5.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

Program expense growth: 47.3% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -6.6% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Details

Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 81.9% of spending went to programs
Governance: Filed governance answers
Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $177K in reported program spending
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
Schedules: 5 filed schedules
Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 44/100.