Kentucky Association of Convention and Visitors Bureau Kacvb

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
262213887
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Harlan, KY, USA
Phone
6065734495
Rating
85
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Reported finances

Revenue
$56,950
Expenses
$45,276
Assets
$110,913

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • LORI SANDERS (President)
  • MICHELLE ALLEN (Vice President)
  • LORI MURPHY TATUM (Past President)

People named in this filing

  • AMY ELLIS (Secretary)
  • LORI SANDERS (President)
  • MICHELLE ALLEN (Vice President)

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

KACVB is a membership association composed of individual community convention and visitors bureaus (known as conference and/or tourism boards in many counties) that are primarily not-for-profit organizations that represent a specific destination such as a city or a region. Convention and Visitors Bureaus (CVBs) serve as the "official" point of contact for their destination for meeting professionals, tour operators, and individual Kentucky tourism commissions. KACVB has created an exclusive, accessible, and responsive organization for all bureau professionals in Kentucky. KACVB's purpose is to: 1) improve public awareness and understanding of the convention and visitors industry's economic and social contributions to society, 2) monitor and influence governmental policies and programs affecting members of the convention and visitors industry.

What it reported doing in 2025

Research. KACVB contracts with research experts to provide analytical data on the tourism industry. Members use the data to benchmark key performance indicators between geographical areas across the state.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 88
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 61
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 79.5%; rating input score 80
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 20.5%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.45; rating input score 70; 70th 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: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 79.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $45K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 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.

  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.