Pacific Maritime Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

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

23 people listed

JAMES MCKENNA (FORMER CEO): $2,509,541 total reported compensation
CRAIG EPPERSON (SVP, SECRETARY & GEN. COUNSEL): $1,189,025 total reported compensation
STEPHEN HENNESSEY (CEO): $1,163,558 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Ensuring the vitality of West Coast ports.

Negotiating and administering labor agreements.

Revenue model: Earned-program. 87% 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 available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Pass
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Independent voting board: 90%; rating input score 90; 38th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- 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: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: -5.5%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.31; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.79; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: 5%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings

Program expense growth: Limited
Revenue growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: 7.4% per year; rating input score 100; 54th percentile among comparable filings

What they do: 5 programs and campaigns described on the official site · 2 operating locations identified
Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 9 of 10 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $2.5M · 23 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $19.1M reported
Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
Contacts: How to reach this organization
Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
Related organizations: 5 filed related-organization links
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.

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