Quality Control Council of the United States
Overview
Mission
The QCCUS was established to negotiate and administer collective bargaining agreements for workers in the Quality Control and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) industry. The objectives of the QCCUS are to upgrade the non-destructive testing field through the establishment of training, qualifying procedures and through collective bargaining with the Employers Association of the QCCUS.
What it reported doing in 2024
Advocate the improvement of working conditions and to maintain fairness in establishing wage rates for occupational skills in nondestructive testing.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Investment-supported. 61% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 51% for direct work, and 49% for affiliated organizations.
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 367394870
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Website reviewed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Headquarters
- Kansas City, MO, USA
- Rating
- 61
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 the website provides limited financial reporting.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 44
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 81
- Sustainability: 86
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 11%; rating input score 11
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
- 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
- Public monitoring controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Public policy transparency: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
- Public financial transparency: 0 of 5 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Impact reporting controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Public relationship transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Public governance controls: 1 of 4 controls in place; rating input score 25
- Zakat policy transparency: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 71.8%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Operating reserve ratio: 52.05; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -15.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
- Where the money goes: 11% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 16 of 16 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 annual filings from 2010 to 2024
- 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.