Pennsylvania Tourism and Lodging Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
232184572
IRS 990 coverage
2012–2013
Forms available
Form 990 2013
Location
Harrisburg, PA, USA
Phone
7172380446
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Economic Development

Reported finances

Revenue
$-37,991
Expenses
$16,399
Assets
$383,702
Liabilities
$527,323

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2013. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MIKE RODDEN (Chairman)
  • JAMES PURDUM (Past Chair)

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 2013. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Pennsylvania tourism & lodging association (ptla) existed to advocate, support, promote and enhance the tourism and lodging industry within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Effective 7/1/12, operations consisted of managment of the real estate property.

What it reported doing in 2013

Ptla provided lobbying, education and professional development programs, information and other resources, and value-added services to its members to ensure their, and the industry's, ongoing growth and success. Effective 7/1/12, operations consisted of managment of the organization's rental property.

Operating model

Revenue model
No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
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 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: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Accountability: 82
  • Sustainability: 38
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 4 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 57
    • 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: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -143.2%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 23.4; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1.37; rating input score 3; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: -2.9% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 4 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2012 to 2013
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 6 not reported.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 3/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.