Southwestern Social Science Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 720647486
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990 2014
- Location
- Shawnee, OK, USA
- Phone
- 4055854411
- Rating
- 77
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $358,391
- Expenses
- $306,308
- Assets
- $961,719
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ROGELIO SAENZ (PRESIDENT)
- GLENN MELANCON (PRESIDENT-EL)
Highest reported compensation
- TRACY DIETZ (GENERAL PROG): $15,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote, cultivate, and integrate the social sciences through research, publications, presentations, annual meetings and the dissemination of findings, information, and opinion.
What it reported doing in 2014
The social science quarterly is the official journal of the sssa. Recognized as one of the top journals in the field, ssq publishes member research on a broad range of topics including political science, sociology, economics, history, social work, geography, international studies, and women's issues.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 87% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 92% 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 79
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 78.5%; rating input score 78
- Program expense ratio: 93.5%; rating input score 94
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.14; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: Limited
Growth
- Program expense growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -5.7% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 78.5% of revenue deployed · 93.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 21 of 21 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $286K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $15K · 21 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $106K reported
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2010 to 2014
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.