National Rural Letter Carriers Rlca
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237223281
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Red Oak, TX, USA
- Phone
- 4698209888
- Rating
- 71
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $899,269
- Expenses
- $1,091,219
- Assets
- $1,142,488
- Liabilities
- $3,692
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
8 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KAREN STUARD (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- FELICIA AMARO (SECRETARY/TR): $99,425 total reported compensation
- CHRISTI HALL (VICE PRESIDE): $27,604 total reported compensation
- KAREN STUARD (PRESIDENT): $19,942 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 object of the association shall be to improve conditions of labor with the united states postal service, advance the methods used by rural letter carriers and promote fraternal spirit amongst its members.
What it reported doing in 2024
State convention - gather members to plan future goals of the postal workforce and to elect new officers. Collection and disbursement of retirees national dues per capita.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 86
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
- Program expense ratio: 57.6%; rating input score 58
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 6 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 67
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -21.3%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.05; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 17.9%; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 9.7% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 57.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 6 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments · $628K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $99K · 8 people listed
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 8 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.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 58/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 18/100.