North Carolina Chapter of Apco Asso Public-safety Comm Officers Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
591712057
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023, Form 990-N 2017
Location
Wake Forest, NC, USA
Rating
48
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$40,371
Expenses
$31,722
Assets
$113,667

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Herman (President)

People named in this filing

  • Herman (President)
  • Shante Lispcomb (1st VP)
  • Lori Laughlin (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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Primary Purpose. The members of this Chapter serve or support that function of government that provides public safety communications services in areas of law enforcement forestry fire emergency rescue and medical services emergency management and other activities supported or endorsed by federal state local and tribal governments. The primary purposes of this Chapter are to: a foster the development and progress of public safety communications and supporting information technologies by means of research planning coordination training and education in areas relating to the public safety communications industry; Amended by Quorum May 3 2023 [3] b promote the rapid and accurate collection exchange and dissemination of information relating to emergencies and other vital public safety communications among and between all levels of local tribal state and federal governments who work with them; c represent its members public safety communications and supporti

What it reported doing in 2023

Symposium: The NC Symposium is a mini conference that allows TCs to come together for training sessions celebrations and meals over a 3 day period.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 76% for direct work, and 24% for member benefits.

The verdict

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 14
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 65
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 13%; rating input score 13
  • Program expense ratio: 16.3%; rating input score 16

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 21.4%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.58; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.4% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 14.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.1% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 13% of revenue deployed · 16.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2011 to 2023
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 13/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.