National Water Safety Congress Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
480801385
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2012, Form 990-EZ 2018
Location
Frankfort, KY, USA
Phone
5023528771
Rating
73
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$82,538
Expenses
$93,733
Assets
$21,453
Liabilities
$2,731

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • KEITH CHRISTOPHER (President)
  • ALAN BLAND (Vice President)
  • MARK BROWN (PAST-PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • KEITH CHRISTOPHER (President)
  • ALAN BLAND (Vice President)
  • ZAC CAMPBELL (Treasurer)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The national water safety congress is committed to continuing their leadership role in advancing the promotion of education for the safety of recreational water activities throughout the united states, and internationally, by addressing water related recreation accidents and drowning throughout the nation to accomplish this, the congress will provide meaningful water safety training and education seminars, through the creation of educational, hands-on programs and providing materials and curriculum to train the trainers and other water safety professionals throughout the country establish and support local water safety councils and organizations, providing them with the latest educational materials for their regions. Award publicly those who have made outstanding contributions in water safety educational efforts or in preventing accidents or loss of life develop, publish and distribute the most current and proven effective water safety information, including providing hands-on educatio

What it reported doing in 2018

Boating safety is promoted by supporting the national recreation boating safety strategic plan of the us coast guard. Funds received from uscg grants were used to support local boating water safety programs and provide equipment and educational materials for youth, family and community boating and ater safety programs nationwide.

Operating model

Revenue model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 78
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 26
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81.5%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 71.8%; rating input score 72

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -13.6%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.13; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.7% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -26.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -25.9% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81.5% of revenue deployed · 71.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $67K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 6 filing years from 2013 to 2018
  • 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.

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  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.