Pay Our Interns Action Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842585377
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2020
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026707783
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$119,670
Expenses
$91,210
Assets
$55,518
Liabilities
$525

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES KIRBY (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES KIRBY (PRESIDENT)
  • JESSE BARBA (TREASURER)
  • CARLOS VERA (SECRETARY)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The pay our interns action fund is a 501(c)4 advocating for and lobbying for policies and laws that will facilitate the eradication of unpaid internships everywhere. By organizing unpaid interns and lobbying for line item budgets, we will eliminate status-quo-upholding unpaid internships. We recognize that unpaid internships are unfair and unjust. The system benefits the wealthy and powerful, but the pay our interns action fund believes that, by ensuring that all people, everywhere have equitable access to professional career paths, we can create a more equitable, just and fair world.

What it reported doing in 2020

Congressional program advocating for better pay for interns through increasing the congressional internship fund.

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. 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: 48
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.6%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 55.9%; rating input score 56

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: 23.8%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 47.6%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.6% of revenue deployed · 55.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 57/100.