Nsa Mountain West

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
742552915
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
Location
Farmington, UT, USA
Phone
8015417259
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$75,085
Expenses
$72,346
Assets
$56,102
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SPENCER HORN (PRESIDENT)
  • MICHELLE MCCULLOUGH (PRESIDENT ELECT)
  • MIKE BRIAN (PAST PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ERNIE HARKER (BOARD MEMBER)
  • RACHEAL CURFEW (BOARD MEMBER)
  • LYNDSEY VAN SICKLE (BOARD MEMBER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mountain west speakers association is an educational and networking organization forprofessional speakers who live or work in the mountain west region. Our members are primarilylocated in Utah, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, and parts of Nevada.

What it reported doing in 2024

The national speakers association mountain west chapter services Utah Idaho Wyoming and Montana. As an an association for professionals, we provide networking and educational opportunities for national members as well as local candidate members who may be aspiring speakers preparing for a professional speaking career. We offer 11 chapter meetings per year with an average attendance of 90-120 attendees.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 99% 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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 98
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 45
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 96.4%; rating input score 96
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 3.6%; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.78; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16.6%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 56th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -4.9% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 96.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $72K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 52/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 8/100.