National Beer Wholesalers Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 361521005
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Alexandria, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7036834300
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $18,689,280
- Expenses
- $17,718,508
- Assets
- $48,470,100
- Liabilities
- $12,024,447
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
82 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Craig Purser (President & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- Craig Purser (President & CEO): $1,904,556 total reported compensation
- Laurie Knight (EVP & Chief Advocacy Officer): $850,511 total reported compensation
- Paul Pisano (SVP & General Counsel): $580,988 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide leadership which enhances the independent beer distribution industry; to advocate before government and the public; to encourage the responsible consumption of beer; and to provide programs and services that will benefit its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
NBWA implements initiatives to educate regulators, lawmakers, and other key decision makers about the economic, commercial and regulatory value that independent beer distributors deliver in markets across the country. NBWA also advocates on issues regarding today's independent beer distribution system and state-based alcohol regulation, a system which balances public health concerns with robust marketplace competition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 93% 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: 93
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 53
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 6 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.2%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.74; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.25; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.9%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 7% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 64 of 64 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.9M · 82 people listed · 6 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $1.8M reported
- Consistency: 11 of 12 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 7 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.