Pdf Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 833933060
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2020–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-EZ 2019
- Location
- Winchester, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6174265900
- Rating
- 63
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Business and Industry
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $746,560
- Expenses
- $710,817
- Assets
- $607,438
- Liabilities
- $9,602
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- RAF HENS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DUFF JOHNSON (CLERK & TREASURER): $182,085 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Pdf association, inc. (the organization") is a Massachusetts nonprofit membership corporation and a trade association headquartered in Massachusetts and organized: a) to advance the common business interest of organizations, businesses, and individuals in the development and implementation of portable document format ("pdf") technology; b) to serve as a resource for discussion, advancement, and promotion of, education and technical support related to, and research into, common business interests and best practices of pdf developers and implementers; c) to promote and support communication among pdf developers and implementers with governmental authorities and agencies and standard-setting bodies and provide technical support to such entities; d) to facilitate communication and business relationships among pdf developers and implementers; ande) to assist in the setting of standards for pdf technology
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization will expand adds's existing practice of promoting and disseminating technical standards, guidelines and best practice materials for the pdf community, adds members, and the general public, including - potentially materials for sale. The activities will be carried out primarily by u.s. Members of adds, consultants including its executive director, and the organization's board members. These activities will further the organization's exempt purposes by advancing u.s. Industry and regulators' awareness and adoption of best practices in pdf technology development and implementation.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 71% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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 program spending has grown recently. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 74
- Accountability: 58
- Sustainability: 40
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 62.1%; rating input score 62
- Program expense ratio: 63.3%; rating input score 63
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 0 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Fail
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 44; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.85; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 25.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 10.2% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.1% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 42.2% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 62.1% of revenue deployed · 63.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 0 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $450K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $182K · 9 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 20 of 20 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 6 filing years from 2020 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 7 of 7 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 44/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 38/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 56/100.