Round Earth Media

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364580701
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2019
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2019
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
6514701572
Rating
71
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Radio

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$104,886
Expenses
$61,846
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mary Stucky (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Brad Lehrman (Treasurer)
  • Carla Baranauckas (Secretary)
  • Amine Kabbajj (Board Member)

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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To produce journalism that explains how the policies and actions of the developed world change the lives of people around the globe; make other cultures real to the American public through vivid, first-hand stories of individuals ; support and mentor the next generation of global journalists while reporting under-covered stories for world-wide audiences, and adhere to the highest journalistic standards to provide information citizens need to make informed decisions about globally important issues. For more please visit our website: http://roundearthmedia.org/

What it reported doing in 2019

A student journalism program in South Africa continues in collaboration with SIT Study Abroad. Round Earth Media is providing compelling learning opportunities that will cultivate the next generation of global journalists along with opportunities for them to report much-needed news and information for international audiences. Our South African media partners have expanded to include The Times, Groundup and The Daily Maverick with American students based in those newsrooms and partnered with young South African reporters. For more on the stories produced, audience reached and journalists trained visit: http://southafrica.roundearthmedia.org/

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 revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 44.8%; rating input score 45
  • Program expense ratio: 76%; rating input score 76

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 41%; rating input score 91; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.5%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -63.5% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -52% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 44.8% of revenue deployed · 76% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 9/100.