The Iowa Center for Public Affairs Journalism
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 271942963
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2021, Form 990-N 2010
- Location
- Urbandale, IA, USA
- Phone
- 5155567892
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Printing, Publishing
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $135,199
- Expenses
- $128,139
- Assets
- $68,115
- Liabilities
- $2,204
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JIM MALEWITZ (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- SUZANNE BEHNKE (EXECUTIVE DI)
- JIM MALEWITZ (PRESIDENT)
- HEATHER SPANGLER (SECRETARY)
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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Public advocacy journalism for the people of Iowa
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 70% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 33
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72.2%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 76.2%; rating input score 76
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.53; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 48.8%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -4.3% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72.2% of revenue deployed · 76.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $98K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2021
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 38/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.