Florida Association for Staff Development Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
592267095
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2021
Forms available
Form 990 2021
Location
Panama City, FL, USA
Phone
8507674140
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,759
Expenses
$21,767
Assets
$60,673
Liabilities
$3,600

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

22 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KATI DYER (PRESIDENT)
  • AMANDA MARCH (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • SHANE FAIRBAIRN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT)
  • DEBBIE COOKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DEBBIE COOKE (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $3,500 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promoting the professional growth of school-related personnel.

What it reported doing in 2021

Florida association for staff development, inc. Organizes conferences for its members to promote professional growth. In 2021, the organization held a spring forum featuring updates from the fl doe bureau leadership and a fall conference whose focus was on accelerating student outcomes through leadership, professional learning, and social emotional well-being. The organization has 304 members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Membership-supported. 64% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
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. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 74
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 74
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 55.1%; rating input score 55
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Fail
    • 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: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -85.1%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.79; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.1%; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -20.8% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 27th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 55.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $4K · 22 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 7 filing years from 2015 to 2021
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 55/100.
  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 21/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 37/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 14/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.