Ng9-1-1 Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 200293876
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2022924603
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and/or Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $95,000
- Expenses
- $130,378
- Assets
- $96,352
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- SUSAN ORNSTEIN (CHAIRMAN)
- HEATHER MCGAFFIN (VICE CHAIRMAN)
- BRIAN FONTES (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the ng9-1-1 institute is to assist the congressional nextgen 9-1-1 caucus by serving as a broad educational resource on issues important to the effective operation and advancement of ng9-1-1 services and systems. The overarching objective of the ng9-1-1 institute is to advance the rapid implementation of ng9-1-1 in order to promote more effective emergency response, improve public safety, and advance national security interests. To this end, the institute seeks to educate congressional members and staff on issues that may impact timely and effective ng9-1-1 implementation.
What it reported doing in 2024
Conduct education sessions and discussion forums, provide opportunities for technology vendors to educate the public and industry professionals, and provide public events that recognize persons who have made significant contributions to emergency communications and preparedness, including, but not limited to 9-1-1, e9-1-1, and next generation 9-1-1 services.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 71
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.9%; rating input score 79
- Program expense ratio: 57.5%; rating input score 58
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -37.2%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.74; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.8% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -7.4% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.9% of revenue deployed · 57.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $75K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.