Council of University Transportation Centers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 621147090
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2022
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2022
- Location
- Missoula, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4062737224
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Professional Societies, Associations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $118,852
- Expenses
- $168,325
- Assets
- $165,555
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Patrick Szary (President)
- Noreen McDonald (Vice President)
- Laurence Rilett (Immediate Past President)
People named in this filing
- Patrick Szary (President)
- Noreen McDonald (Vice President)
- Marwa Hassan (Treasurer)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
CUTC facilitates transportation research across higher education entities through twice yearly events and quarterly webinars.
What it reported doing in 2022
CUTC Student Awards Banquet - Recognizing students and professionals in the research field for their accomplishments
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 74% for direct work, and 26% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 75
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.9%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 59.2%; rating input score 59
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -41.6%; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.98; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 71.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -6.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.9% of revenue deployed · 59.2% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $100K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2020 to 2022
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 59/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 3/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 57/100.