Pennsylvania Automotive Association Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
233102612
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7172558311
Rating
90
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,949,368
Expenses
$14,497,095
Assets
$84,664,608
Liabilities
$4,389,545

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHAD MARSAR (PAA PRESIDENT/PAAF PRESIDE)
  • STEVE J SMITH CPA (VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE)

People named in this filing

  • TOM ROHRICH (BOARD MEMBER)
  • DUKE SCOTT (BOARD MEMBER)
  • ANDREW M SCOTT (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the paa foundation is to support, enhance and promote the good works and charitable activities of the new retail motor vehicle industry in Pennsylvania. Another important focus of the foundation is to provide educational opportunities to the families of those who are employed in the new retail motor vehicle industry in Pennsylvania.

What it reported doing in 2025

Community outreach and scholarship awards - to provide contributions, grants and assistance to various communities and organizations in Pennsylvania, and elsewhere in the united states, through incentives and donor advised accounts. To award scholarships to qualifying students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 89% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 88
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 81
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 81%; rating input score 81
  • Program expense ratio: 96.2%; rating input score 96
  • Fundraising efficiency: $77.47 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 93.3%; rating input score 93; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 94.3%; rating input score 94; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • 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: 7 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 23.5%; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.84; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.05; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 16.6% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.3% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.7% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 81% of revenue deployed · 96.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 7 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $101K reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 31 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
  • Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors and grants
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 227 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 222 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.