Aia Charleston

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205605616
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Charleston, SC, USA
Phone
8436081858
Rating
66
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$94,720
Expenses
$91,593
Assets
$170,220
Liabilities
$10,595

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • HUNTER THURLO (DIRECTOR)
  • KIMBERLY BRUCKMAN (DIRECTOR)
  • SCOTT HENDRIX (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Aia charleston is committed to providing high quality programming in the form of membership meetings, lectures, and building tours. We also want to continue to promote a culture of mentorship and collaboration among our members, in order to support personal and professional development across all firms and career stages. We are dedicated to supporting personal and professional development across all firms and career stages. Many of our events are subsidized by membership dues and offer opportunities for a variety of discounts to ensure maximal participation and reducing financial burdens.

What it reported doing in 2024

High quality programming in including membership meetings, lectures and building tours

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 67% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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 - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 59
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 57.7%; rating input score 58
  • Program expense ratio: 61.3%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.86; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -16% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -10.2% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 57.7% of revenue deployed · 61.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $56K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 58/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.