Mechanical Contractors Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
420926630
IRS 990 coverage
2014–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Urbandale, IA, USA
Phone
5153342616
Rating
46
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$2,050,346
Expenses
$1,808,850
Assets
$3,240,967
Liabilities
$864,682

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RANDY STAUB (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • SCOT STOLTENBERG (EXECUTIVE VI): $271,148 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To promote adequate and safe plumbing, heating, process piping, refrigeration and air conditioning through education, research and development programs. The mechanical contractors association of Iowa is an organization dedicated to serving the needs of area union contractors who install heating, ventilation, air conditioning, process piping and refrigeration units. Our members include large contractors who work from coast-to-coast as well as small specialized contractors who work on a regional level. We believe our association's strength rests in the diversity of our membership base.

What it reported doing in 2025

Government affairs 1) provided input to the state of Iowa requesting additional funding for the rebuild Iowa infrastructure fund (riif); 2) proposed public utility nonutility hvac service authorization - provided input on a public utility looking to change state law to allow them to provide nonutility service and repair of residential heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (hvac) systems. The input was successful and state law was not changed. 3) provided input in response to proposed changes to Iowa law regarding apprenticeships. The input was successful. 1.5 million increase to 84e apprenticeship training dollars was approved. Other changes included a new intermediary sponsor category, a new career training physical expansion program and fund, and updates to allow for more apprenticeship training in Iowa high schools.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 61% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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
  • Accountability: 79
  • Sustainability: 50
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Pass
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 11.8%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.27; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 4 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $271K · 12 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2014 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

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.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 54/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 29/100.