National Fireproofing Contractors Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320038206
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2016–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2015
- Location
- Glen Ellyn, IL, USA
- Phone
- 7082363411
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $487,560
- Expenses
- $473,909
- Assets
- $665,703
- Liabilities
- $122,603
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- STEVE WINSTON (PRESIDENT)
- NIKITA GORDON (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
- ADAM CARTER (SECOND VICE PRESIDENT)
- CARL FERNALD (PAST PAST PRESIDENT)
- LINDSEY DUTKIEWICZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- STEVE WINSTON (PRESIDENT)
- NIKITA GORDON (FIRST VICE PRESIDENT)
- ADAM CARTER (SECOND 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. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The national fireproofing contractors association mission is to improve the application of structural building element fireproofing products through education, company accreditation programs, and inspector education. The association works to provide better fire and life safety in buildings and other structures through effective structural fireproofing.
What it reported doing in 2025
National fireproofing contractors association (nfca) holds multiple educational conference(s), publishes educational material, and administers an accreditation program for service revenue. Nfca committees meet to collaborate on solutions to industry issues, building new programs, and imprvoing existing programs. Nfca's educational conferences provide content on industry topics and issues specific to the fire-resistance industry for members, building code officials, specifiers, and fire marshals. Nfca also conducts education for an industry exam for contractor and inspection personnel to show competence in fireproofing. Nfca also provides a website as a resource to the industry. Nfca manages its contractor accreditation program with annual renewals. Nfca educational webinars and website are offered as a service to members, the industry, and are open to the public.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% 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: 50
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 44
- Growth: 100
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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.8%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.4; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.18; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 17% per year; rating input score 100; 79th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 13 of 13 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $203K reported
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
- Filing history: 10 filing years from 2016 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.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 6 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.