Wood Supply Research Institute Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 900578557
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2013–2018
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2018
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2022963937
- Rating
- 48
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Research Institutes and Public Policy Analysis
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $114,302
- Expenses
- $207,049
- Assets
- $112,994
- Liabilities
- $16,688
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- J Steven Carruth (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- J Steven Carruth (Executive Director)
- Brad Fuller (Director / Chairman)
- Jim Stemple (Director)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of the organization is to facilitate and fund research that will promote and improve efficiencies in the wood supply systems and improve business conditions in the forest products industry. This will be accomplished by: conducting and/or funding research that will identify the structure and performance of and qualify constraints on current wood supply systems; conducting research that will investigate new and improved methodologies which will enable more efficient and cost-effective wood supply operations in the forest products industry; transferring the results of research and investigation to Institute members and publishing key findings to benefit the entire forest products industry and communicating a general project summary for the benefit of the forest products industry through various sources, with the Forest Resources Association being the primary communicator.
What it reported doing in 2018
Facilitate and fund research to promote and improve efficiency in the wood supply system.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 99% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- Distribution model
- Transfer-based 990-EZ. The 990-EZ reports grants or member benefits, but it does not separate enough spending to show the nonprofit’s full delivery mix.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 28
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 18
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 44.4%; rating input score 44
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -81.1%; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.55; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 23.7%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 44.4% of revenue deployed
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2018
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 44/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 16/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.