Community Transportation Association of America

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
237383218
IRS 990 coverage
2011–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
Location
Washington, DC, USA
Phone
8008910590
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Public Transportation Systems

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,150,664
Expenses
$8,376,264
Assets
$4,318,528
Liabilities
$3,861,398

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

Leadership & pay

26 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Scott Bogren (Executive Director)

Highest reported compensation

  • Scott Bogren (Executive Director): $253,054 total reported compensation
  • Charles Rutkowski (Program Manager): $165,979 total reported compensation
  • Caryn Souza (Assistant ED & Program Manager): $160,838 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) is a national professional membership association of organizations and individuals committed to removing barriers of isolation and to improving mobility for all people. Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA) and its members believe that mobility is a basic human right. CTAA offers educational programs and serves as an advocate in order to make coordinated community transportation available, affordable and accessible.

What it reported doing in 2024

Technical assistance: CTAA has agreements with the Department of Transportation Federal Transit Administration (FTA) for three major TA efforts. The National Center for Mobility Management (NCMM) has a mission to promote customer-centered mobility strategies to advance good health, economic vitality, self-sufficiency and community through mobility management. NCMM has provided grants to and coached five communities in applying human-centered design strategies to create transportation solutions for their residents this year as well as providing on line resources accessed by over 30k individuals with over 250k page views. The National Center for Applied Transit Technology (NCATT)'s mission is to support small-urban and tribal transit agencies in understanding emerging transit technofixes and how to apply those to improve service. With a focus ranging from new software procurement and implementation, provision of real time information to riders and new service starts, in its fifth year has worked with 4 states/communities and 9 transit agencies for technology summits and held 12 workshops gathering over 500 attendees collectivity. Like NCMM, NCATT has a robust website that has over 64k page views. The mission of the Coordinating Council on Access and Mobility (CCAM) Technical Assistance Center (CCAM-TAC) is to promote and facilitate the coordination of human services transportation, public transit and non emergency medical transportation (NEMT) to improve access to everyday destinations. The center serves as a 'one-stop' for federal agencies, grantees and local partners to streamline transportation services for three primary populations: People with disabilities, older adults and individuals with low income. In its first year CCAM-TAC provided on site technical assistance in 5 states at a regional or statewide perspective, developed new website resources including a Fund Braiding Guide Workbook, Community Provider Relations Map, Trip Cost Allocation Tool and a Service Coordinators Guide Book.

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 100% 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 62
  • Transparency & Controls: 79
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 66.6%; rating input score 67
  • Program expense ratio: 72.7%; rating input score 73
  • 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: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • 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: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.5%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.89; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 13%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -1.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.7% per year; rating input score 100; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.9% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 66.6% of revenue deployed · 72.7% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 19 of 19 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $6.1M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $253K · 26 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.3M reported
  • Consistency: 31 of 31 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 18/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 8/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.