Taxpayers Research Council

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
420608225
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2014
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Siox City, IA, USA
Phone
7122524063
Rating
37
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Finance, Taxation, Monetary Policy

Reported finances

Revenue
$20,892
Expenses
$16,277
Assets
$17,482
Liabilities
$1,186

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES C JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • SUZAN STEWART (VICE-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES C JOHNSON (PRESIDENT)
  • SUZAN STEWART (VICE-PRESIDENT)
  • DIANE COUNTRYMAN (TREASURER)

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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Local government research activities benefiting all residents within the jurisdiction of the local governmental units

What it reported doing in 2014

Researched and anaylyzed the city of sioux city, woodbury county and sioux city school budgets to help find areas where cuts could be made to better serve the taxpayers and determine if there are duplications that could be shared by the governmental units.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22.1%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.07; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -28.4% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.