Association for Continuing Higher Education
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 736100378
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2016
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016
- Location
- Norman, OK, USA
- Phone
- 4053290249
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Adult, Continuing Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $246,908
- Expenses
- $203,291
- Assets
- $186,094
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2016. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CLARE ROBY (PRESIDENT)
- BILL BOOZANG (PRESIDENT EL)
People named in this filing
- CLARE ROBY (PRESIDENT)
- BILL BOOZANG (PRESIDENT EL)
- DOROTHY WILLIAMS (VICE PRESIDE)
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 2016. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote lifelong learning and excellence in continuing higher education. To encourage professional development, research and exchange of information for its members and continuing higher education as a means of enhancing and improving society.
What it reported doing in 2016
Annual conference to promote & encourage professional networking, research & exchange of information for members and advocate continuing higher education as a means of enhancing & improving society.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 97% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 97% 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
SUPPORTED - 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 program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 72
- Transparency & Controls: 93
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 67
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.1%; rating input score 75
- Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- 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: 17.7%; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 85; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -30% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.1% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.2% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.1% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 12 of 12 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $186K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2010 to 2016
- 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.
Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 41/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.