Unity Journalists for Diversity Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
582079830
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2018
Location
Indianapolis, IN, USA
Phone
3179204787
Rating
40
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Printing, Publishing

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$46
Expenses
$9,384
Assets
$0
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NEAL JUSTIN (PRESIDENT)
  • ADAM PAWLUS (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NLGJA)
  • REBECCA LANDSBERRY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NAJA)

People named in this filing

  • NEAL JUSTIN (PRESIDENT)
  • SARAH BLAZUCKI (TREASURER)
  • RHONDA LEVALDO (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. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Unity: journalists for diversity, inc. Is a strategic alliance that: 1) advocates fair and accurate coverage about diversity, especially race, nationality, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation. 2) aggressively challenges the industry to staff its organizations at all levels to reflect the country's diversity. Unity is an alliance partnership of three national associations: asian american journalists association, native american journalists association and the national lesbian and gay journalists association.

What it reported doing in 2018

Regional summits: a series of collaborative regional media summits in overlooked and underrepresented areas of the country, in communities with limited resources and low media coverage surrounding communities of color and lgbt issues. The overall theme of the regional media summits is poverty, race relations and media diversity. Unity supports and organizes day long summits that include local media outreach/literacy, community media access, social media, entrepreneurial journalism and professional development for journalists, community residents, students and faculty.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 81
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 8
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 11th 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: 81.8%; rating input score 82; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • 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: -20,300%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -66.6% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -28.2% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2010 to 2018
  • 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 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.