The Alumni Society of Christopher Newport University Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237212543
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Newport News, VA, USA
Phone
7575947941
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$62,343
Expenses
$71,316
Assets
$215,077
Liabilities
$827

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • THE HONORABLE NATE FONTAINE (PRESIDENT)
  • MS SAMANTHA GOUGH (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • MRS MEGAN BROWER (DIRECTOR)
  • MR TRAVIS BRUNS (DIRECTOR)
  • MS VICTORIA DIXON (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-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To unite the members in an effective organization dedicated to promoting the educational advancement for christopher newport university, to strengthen the bonds of interest between the university and its alumni, and to take other actions as may be deemed proper and essential for the steadfast advancement of the university and the corporation; to promote the corporation exclusively for educational and charitable purposes.

What it reported doing in 2024

To support, promote, and represent the university by involving alumni, students, faculty and staff and the community.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 77% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 43% for direct work, and 57% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.4%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.02; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $71K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.