A2la Workplace Training

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832664118
IRS 990 coverage
2019–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Frederick, MD, USA
Phone
3016443248
Rating
69
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Management & Technical Assistance

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,824,262
Expenses
$2,210,101
Assets
$1,353,252
Liabilities
$1,058,154

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TIMOTHY OSBOURNE (VICE PRESIDENT, TRAINING SERVICES)
  • LONNIE SPIRES (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • LONNIE SPIRES (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $828,471 total reported compensation
  • KIMBERLY PADDISON (DIRECTOR OF MARKETING & BUS. DEVELOP.): $365,717 total reported compensation
  • THOMAS R TOVEY (CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER): $364,245 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

A2la workplace training (a2la wpt) is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing the highest-quality professional training and consulting services in the fields of management systems, conformity assessment, and precision measurement.

What it reported doing in 2025

Consulting a2la workplace training utilizes our breadth of knowledge and instructional experience to provide insightful, individualized consultancy to all types of organizations in a variety of industries. Our quality management and technical consultants provide the knowledge and resources necessary to develop, implement and maintain quality systems. We evaluate processes to identify potential nonconformities, areas for improvement or increased risk. To accommodate the needs of both large and small organizations, our services are divided into fully customizable face-to-face consultation services and qms express options, which provide standardized and cost-effective consultation packages that are quick and easy to implement.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% 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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 66
  • Accountability: 44
  • Sustainability: 13
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 89.6%; rating input score 90
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 20%; rating input score 20; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -21.2%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.61; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.78; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 37.1%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 7.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 89.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 1 of 5 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $828K · 7 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $371K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2019 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 3 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 20/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 5/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 7/100.