University of Southern Mississippi Alumni Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
640763097
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
Location
Hattiesburg, MS, USA
Phone
6012665013
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alumni Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$517,719
Expenses
$509,075
Assets
$2,589,261
Liabilities
$100,017

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID ESTORGE (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTEN DUHE (PRESIDENT EL)

People named in this filing

  • DAVID ESTORGE (PRESIDENT)
  • CHRISTEN DUHE (PRESIDENT EL)
  • RYAN MOULEDOUS (VICE PRESIDE)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the alumni association is to benefit the university of southern Mississippi, its students, and alumni through upholding traditions, sponsoring activities, events, and publications.

What it reported doing in 2025

The alumni association has a number of donations and sponsorships. The association sends money to the usm foundation to support the partners for the arts, friends for gifted education, dubard school, symphony orchestra, library fund, and various other initiatives. The association sends money to the unversity of southern Mississippi athletic foundation to support the dugout club, wings, and various other initiatives.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 80% for direct work, and 20% for grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 56
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 84%; rating input score 84
  • Program expense ratio: 74.7%; rating input score 75
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

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: 100%; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 1.7%; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.09; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.04; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -3.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1.6% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 84% of revenue deployed · 74.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 33 of 33 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $380K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 33 people listed
  • Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 14/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 36/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 46/100.