Nysernetorg Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
133378833
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Syracuse, NY, USA
Phone
3154130345
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
University or Technological Institute

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$12,051,153
Expenses
$12,367,854
Assets
$24,584,105
Liabilities
$9,522,782

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

Leadership & pay

32 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEANNE CASARES (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • JEANNE CASARES (PRESIDENT): $496,347 total reported compensation
  • EMILYANN FOGARTY (CHIEF SECURITY OFFICER): $320,747 total reported compensation
  • WILLIAM OWENS (CHIEF NETWORK ARCHITECT): $286,001 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Nysernet.org, inc.'s mission is to advance research and educational missions of our members by delivering a full range of customized, progressive, and affordable end-to-end data and networking technology solutions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Research and education network - provide advanced networking technologies and applications to support research and educational collaborations among nysernet's member institutions and their peer institutions, including connectivity services for 66 insititutions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 90% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and most voting board members are independent. Few specific pay-setting methods are documented in the filing; unanswered boxes are not proof of absence and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 75%; rating input score 75
  • Program expense ratio: 67.4%; rating input score 67
  • Fundraising efficiency: $338.85 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th 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: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.6%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.99; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.39; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.8%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1.5% per year; rating input score 100; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.2% per year; rating input score 100; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 75% of revenue deployed · 67.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 6 filed program accomplishments · $8.3M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $496K · 32 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $140K reported
  • Consistency: 32 of 33 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 14/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 34/100.