Rotary Club of Ames

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
420684983
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2019, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Ames, IA, USA
Phone
5154508595
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$145,161
Expenses
$153,637
Assets
$24,975

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMIE COURTNEY (President Elect)
  • MASON ADAMS (Past President)
  • KATY C MCMAHON (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JIM BAKER (Director)
  • JAMIE COURTNEY (President Elect)
  • JENNIFER ELLIS (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Service above self through club, vocational, community, and international service. Emphasize service activities by individuals and groups to enhance the quality of life and human dignity. Strive to build a better world among all people and serach for peace in the world to live by the 4-way test. 1. Truth; 2. Fair; 3. Goodwill, and better friendships;4.

What it reported doing in 2024

Service above self through club, vocational, community, and international service. Emphasize service activities by individuals and groups to enhance the quality of life and human dignity. Strive to build a better world among all people and search for peace in the world. To live by 4-way test: 1. Truth; 2. Fair; 3. Goodwill; 4. Better friendships.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 60% for direct work, and 40% for grants.

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: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 17
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -5.8%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.4%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 15.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -8.2% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $154K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 16/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 21/100.