Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 310826117
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2015–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2008
- Location
- Arlington, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7038459671
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,970,111
- Expenses
- $8,864,126
- Assets
- $14,405,031
- Liabilities
- $8,336,716
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MICHAEL T ROBBINS II (PRESIDENT & CEO (START 04/24))
- BRIAN WYNNE (PRESIDENT & CEO (END 02/24))
Highest reported compensation
- HEATHER H CHIU (CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER): $373,226 total reported compensation
- MICHAEL T ROBBINS II (PRESIDENT & CEO (START 04/24)): $258,860 total reported compensation
- MICHAEL A GREESON (VP, INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT): $224,764 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Auvsi's mission is to drive the uncrewed systems, autonomy and robotics industry's growth and solve industry's challenges by addressing points of friction. We unite innovators, manufacturers, operators, and stakeholders to share knowledge, create market opportunities, and advocate for effective policies that maximize the benefits of autonomous technologies.
What it reported doing in 2024
Membership: the association's organizational and individual members represent a broad range of uncrewed systems, autonomy and robotic industry interests, including research and development; manufacturing; operations in the commercial, military, and civil government sectors; and development of policies to enable safe, responsible, and productive use of the technology. Through participation in the association's activities, members exchange information, obtain technical and operational business knowledge, gain access to markets, and shape attitudes to enhance acceptance and use of uncrewed, autonomous and robotic systems.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 87% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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: 85
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 20
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -48.5%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.63; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.58; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 21.2%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -0% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 22 of 22 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $373K · 30 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.1M reported
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors, executive pay, and related organizations
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 filed money-flow records
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 2/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 55/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.