Rural America Fund

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
843834674
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Sheridan, WY, USA
Phone
2026796779
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$4,230
Expenses
$62,889
Assets
$4,110
Liabilities
$10,545

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHRISTOPHER R GIBBS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • VIKKI ANDREWS (DIRECTOR)
  • DONALD BONK (SECRETARY)
  • TERRY COLEMAN (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. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Rural america fund is a 501(c)(4) non-profit that advocates for policies that benefit agriculture and rural america.

What it reported doing in 2024

Educate americans on how policies affect rural america and advocate for policies that will benefit rural americans and their communities, including: supporting efforts to expand health care in our rural communities. Supporting creation of an effective, coordinated federal response to the covid-19 pandemic, deployment of widespread covid-19 testing, and providing the financial and other resources needed for our rural communities to be safe and to respond to covid-19 outbreaks. Supporting funding for the usps and insists that this vital institution is given the tools and resources that it needs to continue to serve our rural communities. Supporting free and fair trade that benefits u.s. Agriculture and supports the rollback of tariffs and retaliatory tariffs. Opposing the issuance of unnecessary refinery waivers and supports our nations ethanol producers. Supporting funding for our rural schools and supporting providing our schools the personal protective equipment and other resources needed to keep our teachers, staff, and students safe. Supporting efforts to finance and deploy broadband technology to all of our rural communities.

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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 11
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • 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: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -1,386.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.57; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -62.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -67.6% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -38.5% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 5 of 5 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $62K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.