Tulsa Press Club & Benevolent Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 730655636
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022
- Location
- Tulsa, OK, USA
- Phone
- 9185837737
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $67,468
- Expenses
- $46,590
- Assets
- $84,962
- Liabilities
- $2,750
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JASON COLLINGTON (President)
- LACEY TAYLOR (President)
People named in this filing
- RANDY KREHBIEL (BOARD MEMBER)
- DYLAN GOFORTH (BOARD MEMBER)
- SARAH PLUMMER (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. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the highest standards of journalism and to encourage the pursuit of journalism careers among students
What it reported doing in 2022
Events included honoring journalists in eight states
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 2
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 1.7%; rating input score 2
- Program expense ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 4
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 30.9%; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.82; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 50.8% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.7% per year; rating input score 0; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 1.7% of revenue deployed · 4.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $20K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 15 people listed
- Consistency: 21 of 21 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 2/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 4/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.