Decorative Hardwoods Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
540646824
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Sterling, VA, USA
Phone
7034352900
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,573,181
Expenses
$2,493,446
Assets
$5,920,759
Liabilities
$132,932

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

17 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • TERRY EVANS (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • KEN ELLINGTON (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • MATT SMITH (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • STEVE LEONARD (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TED DOWNS (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • VIJAY REDDY (VICE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD)
  • GARRET KEIL (CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD)
  • KYLE EVANS (IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIRMAN OF)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote and support the use of high quality, environmentally sound decorative wood products manufactured in north america.

What it reported doing in 2025

Laboratory: certification and testing - the hpva laboratory is accredited by the international accreditation service (ias report tl 224) for compliance with iso/iec standard 17025, general criteria for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories, recognized by the international code councils for fire testing of the international building code, and the state of California as a third party certification organization for formaldehyde product testing. Services include iso/iec guide 65 and carb tpc-8 product certification, fire testing, formaldehyde testing, and product property testing. These programs serve over 100 members and clients.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 97% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 94
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • 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: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 6 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 86
    • 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: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.1%; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.37; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 90; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 17 of 17 board members independent · 6 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $1.8M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 37/100.