National Association of State Contractors' Licensing Agencies

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
274159128
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2010
Location
Phoenix, AZ, USA
Phone
6235879519
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Business and Industry

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,429,890
Expenses
$2,933,836
Assets
$9,216,089
Liabilities
$530,676

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

Leadership & pay

33 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • DAVID FOGT (BOARD PRESIDENT)
  • DALE DAWSON (BOARD 1ST VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIFFANY LOVELESS (BOARD 2ND VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIM NORMAN (IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT & TREASURER-ELECT)
  • STEPHANIE LEE (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • ANGIE WHITAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ANGIE WHITAKER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $337,591 total reported compensation
  • KIRSTEN ZACHARIAS (STRATEGY DIRECTOR): $137,263 total reported compensation
  • LESLIE FARRELL (NASCLA EXAM. & PUBLIC. DIR.): $125,461 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

The organization is dedicated to the mutual assistance of its members in striving for the better regulation of the construction industry to protect the health, welfare, and safety of the general public.

What it reported doing in 2024

National examination program: the nascla accredited exam is used by state licensing agencies to test contractor candidates applying for a general contractor license. The exam was designed to reduce redundant licensing requirements and assist contractors wanting to be licensed in multiple jurisdictions. Nascla released three new accredited examinations that will be nationally recognized for an electrical contractor (master electrician/unlimited electrician), a journeyman electrician, and a residential electrical contractor licensing trade examination. Once a candidate passes one of these examination for their level of expertise, he/she will not be required to pass another comparable examination in any of the states that adopt the examination.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 94% 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

- 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: 59
  • Accountability: 95
  • Sustainability: 64
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 1 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 17
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 55.9%; rating input score 56; 16th 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: 7 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 88
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 14.5%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.14; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.06; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 20.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 11% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 27 of 27 board members independent · 7 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $338K · 33 people listed · 1 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $133K reported
  • Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 56/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 12/100.