AFS Birmingham
Legal name: American Foundry Society
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 636066378
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Alpharetta, GA, USA
- Phone
- 6789392122
- Rating
- 58
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $69,099
- Expenses
- $62,560
- Assets
- $286,776
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
People named in this filing
- Aaron Weir (Chapter Chairman)
- Barry Weaver (Secretary)
- Darren Thompson (2nd Vice Chairman)
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
To provide members of the metalcasting supply chain with advocacy support, technical and management education, and access to innovative shared research and technology.
What it reported doing in 2024
Regular chapter meetings that serve as networking opportunities and provide technical talks for local industry members.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 75% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 43
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 40.1%; rating input score 40
- Program expense ratio: 49.4%; rating input score 49
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 9.5%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.58; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -0.4% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 2 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 3 operating locations identified
- Where the money goes: 40.1% of revenue deployed · 49.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $31K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 40/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 49/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.