Rural Improvement Society

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

4 people listed

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

To improve the economic well-being of agriculture and enrich the quality of farm family life.

Investment income - to maintain an investment portfolio providing income to dekalb county farm bureau to support its operation.

Revenue model: Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model: Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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

Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -6.2%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 18.36; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 2.9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: -2.3% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 3 of 3 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $183K · 4 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 to 2025
Contacts: How to reach this organization
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.

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