Alliance for Community Traffic

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
931088033
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2011
Forms available
Form 990 2011
Location
Beaverton, OR, USA
Phone
5036435620
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Automotive Safety

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$456,419
Expenses
$440,622
Assets
$184,254
Liabilities
$79,472

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2011. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary purpose of acts Oregon is to promote traffic safety in a charitable manner to reduce fatalities, injuries and the severity of injuries resulting from vehicle crashes in communities statewide. Acts Oregon provides direct service to communities, members and individual traffic safety advocates seeking to improve traffic safety. The acts Oregon board of directors is comprised of members representing communities throughout Oregon. The programs of acts Oregon include the community traffic safety program and the child safety seat resource center. Services include public education, training, financial support through mini-grant programs and scholarships, program development and technical support for child passenger safety technicians.

What it reported doing in 2011

Child safety seat resource center (cssrc): operated as the central point of contact for the public regarding child passenger safety information, referral and training. Received inquiries regarding child passenger safety on the clearinghouse line. Hosted "national standardized child passenger safety certification" courses, renewal courses and ceu workshops supporting a large network of cps technicians. Supported outreach to families with children who have special needs, families who are low income and minority families. Worked to support car seat distribution programs and fitting stations in clackamas, columbia, hood river, multnomah and Washington counties. Contracted with city of portland to host monthly check-up events in the city and provided assemblies highlighting the importance of booster seats at safe routes to schools to kindergarten and 1st grade classes. Information on successful child passenger safety efforts was included in the traffic safety connection newsletter and upgraded acts Oregon website to improve access to child passenger safety calendar of events, education materials, and information.

Operating model

Revenue model
Grant-funded. 83% of the money available for current operations came from government grants.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 91
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.5%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.43; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 11.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 96 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $306K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $26K · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 26 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2009 to 2011
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.

Key Signals

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

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Independent members within voting members did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 24/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 20/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.