National Association of Landscape Professionals Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
941543185
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Fairfax, VA, USA
Phone
7037369666
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$11,473,088
Expenses
$11,009,964
Assets
$11,997,483
Liabilities
$7,105,301

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

30 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BRITTRAM WOOD (CEO)
  • PAM DOOLEY (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • BRITTRAM WOOD (CEO): $386,783 total reported compensation
  • CHARLES A BRAY (SR. VP GOVT RELATIONS, MEMBERSHIP): $288,638 total reported compensation
  • CAROL KEELING END 625 (CFO): $254,274 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Nalp's mission is to advocate for lawn and landscape industry growth and the benefits we provide to our communities. Nalp works to: advocate relentlessly: advance and defend the interests of the lawn and landscape industry at all levels of governmenteducate industry professionals: deliver the best education, training and leadership development opportunities to advance the careers of lawn and landscape professionalsexpand the workforce: attract the best and brightest to the professionpromote the industry: grow the industry by showcasing the benefits and value that professionally managed lawns and landscapes offer families, communities, and the environmentset the highest standards: propel businesses to reach new heights through our nationally recognized programs

What it reported doing in 2024

Elevate is the annual conference and expo for our membership hosting over 200 exhibit booths and over 40 educational sessions. National collegiate landscape competition is an annual three-day competition and networking event for students enrolled in interior and exterior horticulture programs at two- and four-year colleges and universities from across the country. This event provides landscape industry companies with opportunities to meet and recruit next-generation landscape industry superstars.

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 95% of the money available for current operations came from other operating 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

- 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: 85
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 56
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.09; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.59; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.7%; rating input score 4; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 6.8% per year; rating input score 100; 47th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 5 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $387K · 30 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 3 contractors listed · $754K reported
  • Consistency: 12 of 12 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 4/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 23/100.