American Society for Composites
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311136469
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Kettering, OH, USA
- Phone
- 9372292980
- Rating
- 79
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $90,654
- Expenses
- $51,025
- Assets
- $315,636
- Liabilities
- $288
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PROFESSOR JAMES M WHITNEY (FOUNDING PRESIDENT)
- PROFESSOR OLESYA I ZHUPANSKA (PRESIDENT)
- PROFESSOR RANI SULLIVAN (VICE PRESIDENT)
- PROFESSOR ERIAN ARMANIOS (PAST PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- PROFESSOR JAMES M WHITNEY (FOUNDING PRESIDENT)
- PROFESSOR THOMAS WHITNEY (TREASURER)
- PROFESSOR KT TAN (RECORDING SECRETARY)
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
Provide a communication forum and promote growth of knowledge in engineering and science to further education and charitable purposes.
What it reported doing in 2024
Primary sponsor of technical conference hosted annually by various u.s. Colleges and universities was presented virtually. Over 100 technical papers presented, society awards presented. Approx. 200 attendees.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 59% for direct work, and 41% for grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 58.6%; rating input score 59
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 43.7%; rating input score 88; 88th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 6.19; rating input score 87; 87th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 58.6% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $51K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 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 59/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 35/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.