Asta Education Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
462821215
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Alexandria, VA, USA
Phone
7037392782
Rating
31
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$5
Expenses
$43,712
Assets
$991,032
Liabilities
$2,273,682

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

Leadership & pay

16 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ZANE KERBY (PRESIDENT AND CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • ZANE KERBY (PRESIDENT AND CEO): $761,860 total reported compensation
  • JACKIE FRIEDMAN (CHAIR BOARD OF DIRECTORS): $15,000 total reported compensation
  • LEE THOMAS (VICE CHAIR AND SECRETARY): $6,000 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

A support organization to asta that researches and educates the public about travel related issues and disseminates information about and supports environmentally sound tourism.

What it reported doing in 2024

Activities included stewardship of financial resources, maintaining the foundation's research and industry education materials.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 60
  • Accountability: 61
  • Sustainability: 24
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Missing
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 73.3%; rating input score 73; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 44
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -874,140%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.67; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 2.29; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 290.3%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.6% per year; rating input score 0; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.4% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -9.2% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 15 board members independent · 4 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $762K · 16 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 15 of 15 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Related organizations: 5 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.