International Technical Rescue Association (Itra)
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 830578660
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Hummelstown, PA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Vocational Counseling
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $56,993
- Expenses
- $40,600
- Assets
- $38,454
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Lackman (President)
- Craig Raskin (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Michael Lackman (President)
- Craig Raskin (Vice President)
- Steve Disick (Treasurer)
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
The International Technical Rescue Association ITRA is a global 501c6 non-profit organization committed to advancing technical rescue standards worldwide. ITRA provides internationally recognized certification for practitioners and instructors across technical rescue disciplines. By fostering global collaboration we support developing recognizing and documenting locally delivered training aligned with international best practices. We ensure technical rescuers and instructors meet the highest professional standards through independent competency-based third-party assessments. ITRA is dedicated to ensuring rescuers have the skills knowledge and resources to perform safely and effectively in diverse and challenging environments.
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization maintains a global membership network that provides professionals with access to certifications professional recognition and ongoing engagement within the technical rescue community. Membership supports communication coordination and the sharing of best practices among rescue practitioners and organizations.During the reporting period the organization served 1,396 members across 33 countries. Members benefit from access to certification records eligibility for training and instructor pathways and participation in an international professional network focused on improving safety and performance in technical rescue operations.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 95% 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: 57
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 28.8%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.95; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -12.7% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.