Auto Club Group Traffic Safety Foundation Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 272258096
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2013–2019
- Forms available
- Form 990 2019
- Location
- Tampa, FL, USA
- Phone
- 8132891387
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Automotive Safety
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $415,115
- Expenses
- $676,563
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2019. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
People named in this filing
- HEATHER K DRAKE (CHAIR)
- TERESA D HILDEBRAND (VICE CHAIR)
- ARLIN D BEACHY (DIRECTOR)
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 2019. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To produce a significant and continuous reduction in traffic crashes, injuries and deaths in the communities targeted by our efforts. Continued on schedule o.the foundation was formed by aaa auto club south, inc., the foundation's sole member, for the purpose of improving traffic safety within the operating territory of the company. Aaa auto club south, inc. Was merged into the auto club group effective november 30, 2014, at which time the auto club group became the foundation's sole member. The foundation achieves its objectives through the development and coordination of educational programs aimed at increasing public awareness of traffic safety principles and improvement of driving skills. Particular emphasis is placed on programs and safety activities with schools, police departments and other groups and serving as a resource to the media and communities of the dissemination of safety information.
What it reported doing in 2019
Traffic and safety curriculum: educational materials are developed and distributed throughout our communities on various traffic safety topics including pedestrian safety, the importance of wearing seat belts, and motorcycle safety. The foundation provided halloween trick-or-treat bags and reflective zipper pulls to children to help keep them safe. Working with law enforcement, we provided schools with "schools open, drive carefully" materials to make the public aware of increased pedestrian and bicycle traffic as well as school zones. Additionally, bicycle helmets and educational materials were provided to children through our bicycle safety program.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 90% 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
STRONG - 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 94
- Accountability: 82
- Sustainability: 11
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 92.2%; rating input score 92
- Fundraising efficiency: $33.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
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: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -63%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -18.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 92.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 9 filed program accomplishments · $624K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 23 of 23 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2013 to 2019
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 4/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.