Government Relations Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 812610735
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2028705385
- Rating
- 39
- Verdict
- REVIEW
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $34,622
- Expenses
- $40,005
- Assets
- $22,650
- Liabilities
- $6,924
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alan Knapp (President & Acting Treasurer)
- Omar Franco (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Alan Knapp (President & Acting Treasurer)
- Omar Franco (Vice President)
- Matt Reiter (Secretary)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote the professions of local, national and international government relations, lobbying, public policy, public affairs, advocacy, and fundraising, and to educate members and the public in the advancement, improvement and function of those in these professions. To develop and encourage the practice of high ethical standards of personal and professional conduct among these professionals. To obtain, create and disseminate data and information relative to the functions and accomplishments of those in these professions. To promote the purpose and effectiveness of the profession consistent with the public interest. GRA may take a position and express an opinion on issues directly and generally affecting the profession.
What it reported doing in 2025
GRA conducted meetings to develop and encourage the practice of high ethical standards of personal and professional conduct among government relations professionals, obtained, created and disseminated data and information relative to the functions and accomplishments of the profession, and to promote continuity of the profession, distributed four scholarships to future leaders to support their academic and professional pursuits in government relations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.
The verdict
REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -15.5%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.57; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.31; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 45% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.5% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 30% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 10/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.