Aashto

Legal name: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
530204654
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
2026245816
Rating
80
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$143,754,574
Expenses
$131,268,397
Assets
$260,082,987
Liabilities
$121,326,860

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

Leadership & pay

61 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GARRETT EUCALITTO (PRESIDENT)
  • RUSSELL MCMURRY (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • JAMES TYMON (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES TYMON (CEO): $622,377 total reported compensation
  • JENNIFER HALL (DEPUTY DIR, CHIEF OF STAFF): $374,535 total reported compensation
  • JOUNG LEE (DEPUTY DIR, CHIEF POLICY OFFICER): $312,417 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

AASHTO is a nonprofit, nonpartisan association representing highway and transportation departments in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico, whose primary goal is to foster the development, operation, and maintenance of an integrated national transportation system. ACTS Mission Statement AASHTO Census Transportation Solutions (ACTS) is a cooperative program funded by State DOTs to support the production of the Census Transportation Planning Products (CTPP): a set of special tabulations of American Community Survey (ACS) data that have enhanced value for transportation planning, analysis, and strategic direction. The program provides universal access to the data, funds and conducts research, as well as offering training and technical assistance to the transportation planning community, all to increase understanding of the needs of the traveling public in support of...

What it reported doing in 2024

Technical services - there are a variety of technical service programs operated by aashto on behalf of its members. These programs fulfill specific needs by pooling resources to build a much stronger national program than any one department of transportation could create on its own. The revenues for these programs are provided largely through voluntary contribution from participating state dots and in each case dedicated to the program for which they are collected. Additional revenue from various programs comes from fees for service, sponsorships and federal, state and local sources. In each case, the revenues collected for technical programs are dedicated to the program for which they are collected. Some examples of technical service programs are: the aashto re: source formerly materials reference laboratory, the national transportation product evaluation program, multi-state transit technical service program, highway safety policy and management technical service program and cooperative computer software development program (aashtoware).

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 92% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 80
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 62
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.1%; rating input score 79
  • Program expense ratio: 87.6%; rating input score 88
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.7%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 2.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 5.6% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.1% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 4 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 79.1% of revenue deployed · 87.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 51 of 51 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $115M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $622K · 61 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $73.1M reported
  • Consistency: 33 of 35 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 15 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 39/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.