University of Maine Student Governm Government Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 010319421
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Orono, ME, USA
- Phone
- 2075811778
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $852,811
- Expenses
- $786,479
- Assets
- $511,915
- Liabilities
- $19,855
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
56 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KEEGAN TRIPP (PRESIDENT)
- JON GUZMAN (PRESIDENT OF)
- HANNAH BLANCHETTE (PRESIDENT PA)
- JACOB HEARTQUIST (PRESIDENT IF)
- DANIEL TANAKA (PRESIDENT OF)
- KAIDAR DONENBAYEV (PRESIDENT OF)
Highest reported compensation
- KEEGAN TRIPP (PRESIDENT): $7,523 total reported compensation
- DILLON LEEMAN (VPSE): $6,001 total reported compensation
- RILEY MILLS (DIRECTOR OF): $4,426 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To serve the general student body of the university of Maine by providing social, cultural, and educational programs and activities to expand the scope of the educational experience; by providing the most effective use of student money and effort; by informing students of issues which are their concern and to eliminate confusion about those issues; and by educating the general student body as to actions of the state government, the board of trustees, university of Maine administration, and any other appropriate body or organization, and to give input to those bodies relating to student opinion and by encouraging student participation and input.
What it reported doing in 2024
University of Maine student government clubs, committees, and special projects provided undergraduate students the opportunity to expand their educational experience through participation in various programs and activities.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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 most voting board members are independent. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 58
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 48
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 63.2%; rating input score 63
- Program expense ratio: 68.2%; rating input score 68
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.65; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 6.9%; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 63.2% of revenue deployed · 68.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $537K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $8K · 56 people listed
- Consistency: 28 of 28 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 19 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 47/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 55/100.