Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 351984702
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Fort Wayne, IN, USA
- Phone
- 2604693469
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,272,537
- Expenses
- $2,961,832
- Assets
- $2,971,614
- Liabilities
- $466,880
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
41 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEPHANE FRIJIA (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- STEPHANE FRIJIA (PRESIDENT & CEO): $367,232 total reported compensation
- JONATHAN SACKETT (VP OF MARKETING): $169,414 total reported compensation
- DAN BISH (VP OF BUSINESS ATTRACTION): $143,128 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The northeast Indiana regional partnership, inc. (partnership) mission is to drive business investment and strengthen northeast Indiana's global competitiveness and economic resilency. Through its combined efforts the partnership supports the business development and marketing efforts of its 11 member counties region including: adams, allen, dekalb, huntington, kosciusko, lagrange, noble, steuben, wabash, wells, and whitley counties.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, northeast Indiana regional partnership had a very productive and busy year in business attraction. Major activities included assisting with 7 new project announcements in the region totaling 2,354 new projected jobs. Nei sourced 67 new projects; issuing 37 projects to our network local economic development organizations; engaging with 306 site selectors and national brokers which generated 225 new leads both domestically and internationally. The nei team executed 40 total sales missions throughout the year, 35 domestic and 5 international with sales missions including outreach efforts to italy, the united kingdom, germany and japan; conducted 13 targeted digital engagement campaigns; and connected with 306 site consultants and national brokers throughout the year. A robust pipeline of 90 active projects is helping carry momentum into 2026.the business attraction team topped past records by hosting 3 familiarization (fam) tours which brought experienced site consultants and economic developers to the fort wayne area and across the region for unique activities and an exploration of the downtown core.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 88% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
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: 71
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 49
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.5%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.16; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 2.2%; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7.2% per year; rating input score 100; 45th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 35 of 35 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $367K · 41 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2025
- 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 40/100.