Electronic Signature and Records Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
205008069
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2021, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Phone
9194596088
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$108,448
Expenses
$140,185
Assets
$132,762
Liabilities
$22,986

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

People named in this filing

  • STEPHEN BISBEE (DIRECTOR)
  • KEVIN PARK (TREASURER)
  • BRIAN PANNELL (DIRECTOR)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Globally, lead endeavors to advocate the use of electronic signatures and records, promote process efficiencies and provide educational resources to the public, businesses, and government.

What it reported doing in 2024

Esra held an annual conference to expand value, operational efficiencies and compliance benefits for consumers, businesses, and government agencies using electronic signature and records. It also illustrated how emerging re-imaged industries can learn from the similar challenges, technology applications and data advancement of other industries to enhance its processes. Lastly, the conference depicts today's consumers, their expectations for customer services, transparency and security.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 80% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -29.3%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 26.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.1% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 58/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 19/100.