Business Professionals of America-group

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
311392085
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2020
Location
Columbus, OH, USA
Phone
6148957277
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Business and Industry

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,101,314
Expenses
$932,038
Assets
$1,548,010
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

108 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ANDREA TRIMOR (AK PRESIDENT)
  • ENGEN SUNDBERG (AK VICE PRESIDENT)
  • PAARIN RASTOGI (IA PRESIDENT)
  • PAYTON DEVENA (IA VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MOLLY GUETIG (IN PRESIDENT)
  • NICOLE FRIESEN (KS PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • MAURICE HENDERSON (MI STATE DIRECTOR): $41,303 total reported compensation
  • LISA PARKER (MT STATE DIRECTOR): $38,000 total reported compensation
  • JASON HENDRICKSON (IN ADVISOR): $29,562 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To contribute to the preparation of a world class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic, and technological skills.

What it reported doing in 2020

Business professionals of america inc. Provides a personal and leadership development program to students and alumni members enrolled in business information technology, and/or office occupation related education programs.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 69% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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: 79
  • Transparency & Controls: 94
  • Accountability: 77
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.9%; rating input score 83
  • Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
  • 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; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 96%; rating input score 96; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • 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: 15.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.66; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 18.3%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -27.5% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -1% per year; rating input score 0; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.9% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 97 of 101 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $912K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $41K · 108 people listed
  • Consistency: 24 of 24 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2009 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 13 filed money-flow records
  • 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: 3 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.