Tufts University Alumni Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 222509193
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Medford, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6176273021
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $350,869
- Expenses
- $268,031
- Assets
- $1,544,011
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- ELIZABETH AMADOR (PRESIDENT)
- CHRISTOPHER VALENTE (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- VIKKI GARTH (IMMED. PAST PRESIDENT)
- DAHIANA DUARTE PENA (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ANNA ABATE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- MARIA MACCARONE (VICE PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- ELIZABETH AMADOR (PRESIDENT)
- CHRISTOPHER VALENTE (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- VIKKI GARTH (IMMED. PAST PRESIDENT)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the tufts university alumni association is to promote the university and its alumni by (a) encouraging and providing active support and counsel to the alumni constituency and organized alumni groups to ensure effective support of the university; (b) serving as a conduit for communication and interaction between the university and its alumni constituencies to ensure a mutually beneficial relationship; and (c) cooperating in mutual efforts with individual alumni and organized alumni groups, with the student body, with the trustees, and with the administration, faculty, and staff to foster and cultivate a continuing sense of community.
What it reported doing in 2024
Support tisch college ($10,000), support undergradute internships ($16,500), support current & former tufts newpaper writers & editors ($6,000) and support summer internships ($2,064)
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 66
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.2%; rating input score 69
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 23.6%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.76; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 69.2% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 92 of 92 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $222K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.