The National Economists Club
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237008711
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 7033384825
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $84,277
- Expenses
- $30,403
- Assets
- $473,054
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Desiree Maruca (President)
People named in this filing
- Emily Sanchez (Board Chair)
- Cliff Waldman (Board Member)
- Ed Kean (Board Member)
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 operate exclusively for educational and scientific purposes in promoting the advancement of economic science and practice through the organization of lectures, debates, seminars, and similar meetings and opportunities for exchange of ideas among members and others, the provision of meeting places, the publication of newsletters, articles, papers and journals, the use of various media including telecommunications, the sponsorship or participation in non-political forums of the general public in matters related to the history, progress and philosophy of the economic sciences, and the engagement in any and all other lawful activities incidental to the foregoing purposes, except as restricted.
What it reported doing in 2024
Website and Technology: maintenance of site that provides synopses of newsletter information, luncheon discussions and materials throughout the year.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 67% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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
MIXED - 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: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 87
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 19.9%; rating input score 20
- Program expense ratio: 41.2%; rating input score 41
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 63.9%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 15.56; rating input score 95; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -5.9% per year; rating input score 0; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.7% per year; rating input score 0; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 19.9% of revenue deployed · 41.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.