Liabilities / Assets
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Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on this filing.
990EZ • Fiscal year 2020 • EIN 51-0496430
Precomputed percentiles for this filing year versus similar nonprofits in the same peer cohort.
Liabilities / Assets
Score unavailable
Liabilities-to-assets requires both liabilities and assets on this filing.
Liabilities / Revenue
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Liabilities-to-revenue requires both liabilities and revenue on this filing.
Net Margin
74th percentile
Higher net margin than 74% of similar nonprofits.
Top Officer Pay
76th percentile
Higher top officer pay than 76% of similar nonprofits.
Top officer pay equals 0.0% of source-year revenue.
Asset Growth
77th percentile
Faster asset growth than 77% of similar nonprofits.
Revenue Growth
90th percentile
Faster revenue growth than 90% of similar nonprofits.
Assets
Up$112,783
Up $32,265 (+40%) from 2019
Net Assets
Up$112,783
Up $32,265 (+40%) from 2019
Liabilities
-
No earlier filing loaded for comparison.
Revenue
Up$130,941
Up $49,122 (+60%) from 2019
Expenses
Up$98,676
Up $58,916 (+148%) from 2019
Net Income
Down$32,265
Down $9,794 (-23%) from 2019
see schedule O
| Description | Grants | Expenses |
|---|---|---|
| Promote the use of plain language in government and business and educate the public in the need to demand clear communication including Fall and Spring workshops | - | $97,408 |
| Name | Title | Full / Part Time | Base | Other | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARBARA KINGSLEY | Chair | PT | $0 | - | - |
| DAVID LIPSCOMB | Vice Chair | - | $0 | - | - |
| JULIE CLEMENT | Treasurer | PT | $0 | - | - |
| KATHRYN CATANIA | Recording Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| PAUL ATERMAN | Corp. Secretary | - | $0 | - | - |
| MEGHAN CODD WALKER | Chair,10year Ann CEL | - | $0 | - | - |
| MELISSA KARGIANNAKIS | Chair,Technology | - | $0 | - | - |
| NAOMI ANDREWS | Executive Director | PT | $0 | - | - |
“SUPPLIES 1,267”
“Information technology 53,345”
“GIFTS HONARARIAMS 1,040”
“LICENSE AND PERMITS 35”
“Bank fees/credit card proc. Fees 2,025”
“Dues and subscriptions 25”
This appendix keeps the raw XML leaves available for debugging and edge-case review. The human report above is the primary experience.
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| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodBeginDt | 0 | 2020-01-01 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxPeriodEndDt | 0 | 2020-12-31 |
| ReturnHeader/TaxYr | 0 | 2020 |
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2020 • Form 990EZDetailed filing. Detailed filing data is available for this year.