Syracuse University Press Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 150621510
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2009
- Forms available
- Form 990 2009
- Location
- Syracuse, NY, USA
- Phone
- 3154435536
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Printing, Publishing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $665,376
- Expenses
- $863,616
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2009. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Su press was formed to promote the study of economic, historical & other subjects & to promote & encourage the publication of literary works embodying original research in such subjects.
What it reported doing in 2009
Syracuse university press maintained a tradition of scholarship through the publication of 50 to 55 groundbreaking books each year. The press reflected the values of syracuse university and supports its creative vision of discovery and learning.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 94% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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 verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 60
- Accountability: 20
- Sustainability: 3
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 60th 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
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 11.1%; rating input score 11; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -29.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 67.9%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 1 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $528K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $895K · 9 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Related organizations: 4 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 11/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 1/100.