Armed Forces Communications & Electronic Association - Washington Dc Chapter

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521360093
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Falls Church, VA, USA
Phone
7036604835
Rating confidence
Limited

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,542,161
Expenses
$1,471,246
Assets
$474,300
Liabilities
$130,254

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

Leadership & pay

39 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BECCI DEFRANK (PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN GRIFFITH (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • THERESA PINES (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)
  • DANIELLE MANSON (VICE PRESIDENT AT LARGE)
  • RAYMOND RJ WELSH (VICE PRESIDENT, CHAPTER OPERATIONS)
  • CHRISTINA THAYER (VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS)

People named in this filing

  • BECCI DEFRANK (PRESIDENT)
  • KEVIN GRIFFITH (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
  • THERESA PINES (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

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

Overview

Mission

The organization is the Washington dc chapter of afcea and is dedicated to providing an environment for military, government, and industry communities to collaborate on the department of defense, the intelligence community, military health-related agencies, and issues of national security.

What it reported doing in 2024

The chapter also sponsors an educational foundation that awards scholarships to worthy individuals in promotion of higher education in engineering, mathematics and science to encourage development within communications and electronics disciplines.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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: 90
  • Accountability: 70
  • Sustainability: 40
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 4th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 88.1%; rating input score 88; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.6%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.32; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 39 of 39 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $1.5M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 39 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 2 contractors listed · $614K reported
  • Consistency: 10 of 11 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: 3 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 26/100.