Pennsylvania Association of Councils of Trustees

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251738085
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2021–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7177204125
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Higher Education Institutions

Official website

Reported finances

Expenses
$105,874
Assets
$127,877

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

Leadership & pay

14 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICH FRERICHS (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RICH FRERICHS (PRESIDENT)
  • BETTY SILFA (1ST VICE PRE)
  • MARK BELLINI (2ND VICE PRE)

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

To educate trustees on national trends in higher education, to apprise trustees of issues facing the state system and establish a network of trustees to convey trustees' views to the chancellor and board of governors, to provide professional development opportunities to trustees in order to enhance their service to the state system, and to inform and update trustees about academic programs and administrative policies of the 14 state system universities.

What it reported doing in 2024

The association sponsors one coference and a planning meeting during the year. These conferences provided an opportunity for the trustees from all of the 14 Pennsylvania state universities to gather to exchange ideas, attend workshops, hear speakers talk about the mission of providing higher education, and to discuss common issues that confront them in their roles as trustees.

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 35
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 94.5%; rating input score 94

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.21; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 32.6% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -183.6% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -17.1% per year; rating input score 0; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 94.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $100K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 14 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 to 2024
  • 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.