Distributive Education Clubs of America Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 530215806
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-T 2024
- Location
- Reston, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7038605000
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Standard
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,732,313
- Expenses
- $10,101,050
- Assets
- $15,396,394
- Liabilities
- $1,385,414
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
15 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DONNA MCFADDEN (PRESIDENT)
- LORI HAIRSTON (PRESIDENT-ELECT)
- FRANK PETERSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- FRANK PETERSON (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $309,936 total reported compensation
- CHRISTOPHER YOUNG (CHIEF PROGRAM OFFICER): $172,805 total reported compensation
- CINDY SPINKS-ALLEN (DIRECTOR OF SPONSORSHIPS): $126,857 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Distributive education clubs of america, inc. (deca) prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management.
What it reported doing in 2024
Educational services and scholarships - deca provides educational programs to high school and college students around the globe through its various conferences, competitive events, publications and resource materials. Deca is organized into two unique student divisions, the high school division and collegiate division, each with programs designed to address the learning styles, interests and focus of its members. Deca's student members leverage their deca experience to become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, and experienced leaders. Deca enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular educational programs that integrate into classroom instruction, applying learning in the context of business, connecting to businesses and the community and promoting competition. Deca sponsors conferences and competitive events each year to bring the high school and collegiate members into the larger deca community while providing unique opportunities to extend classroom learning. Advisory board and other projects - deca's business partners provide strategic advice on organizational policy, professional insight on content and crucial financial support for programming. Some of deca's business partners participate on its national advisory board. These partners enhance the classroom experience by providing "real world" applications to learning. Professionals and alumni-deca advisors have unparalleled access to resources to enhance the classroom experience, bring learning to life and motivate students. Performance improvement tools and resources for chapter advisors ensure effective use of deca's comprehensive learning program designed to enhance student achievement. Deca's professional network also allows deca advisors to share resources and ideas among colleagues and enhance their skills through advisor professional development.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 81% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 96% 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. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and program spending has declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 77
- Transparency & Controls: 85
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.8%; rating input score 87
- Program expense ratio: 82%; rating input score 82
- Fundraising efficiency: $3.45 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 91.5%; rating input score 92; 21st 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; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 31.4%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.52; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.5%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -4.5% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.6% per year; rating input score 100; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.8% of revenue deployed · 82% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $310K · 15 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.6M reported
- Consistency: 34 of 36 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 8 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
- 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.
- 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Other executive compensation review process not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.