Portable Sanitation Association International
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 237152216
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- St. Louis Park, MN, USA
- Phone
- 1-952-854-8300
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $747,998
- Expenses
- $758,320
- Assets
- $690,337
- Liabilities
- $457,656
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
16 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CARL ARRIOLA (PRESIDENT)
- JOE PAYNE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- ROSS AMBROSE (PAST PRESIDENT)
- VERONICA CROSIER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
People named in this filing
- CARL ARRIOLA (PRESIDENT)
- JOE PAYNE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- CHRIS MCCARTHY (TREASURER)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To advance the portable sanitation industry through standards, education, and advocacy, ensuring clean and safe sanitation is accessible to all.
What it reported doing in 2024
Industry focused education, training and trade events - (a) the psai holds two main educational events each year. The nuts and bolts educational conference provides 270 attendees with industry-specific knowledge sessions and peer networking, as well as a hands-on tour of the operations of members located near the conference site. The annual convention & trade show offers 700 attendees hours of industry-specific educational information, round table discussions with peers, and informal networking to expand contacts and share professional experiences. This also includes access to a trade show floor exhibiting industry suppliers. See item (c). In 2021 the annual convention was held virtually due to covid-19. (b) the psai provides in-person and remote training on industry specific topics and best practices. (c) in conjunction with the annual convention, the psai hosts the only portable sanitation industry-specific trade show in north america, providing attendees with exposure to emerging trends and innovations affecting their businesses. (d) the psai has created industry-specific training programs that have been offered in cooperation with other organizations. These programs are also offered at the psai's events and continuing education credit is available from states requiring it.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% 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 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: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- 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: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.4%; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.91; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.66; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.6% per year; rating input score 0; 11th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10.9% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: 3 programs and campaigns described on the official site
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 15 of 15 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 16 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $321K reported
- Consistency: 11 of 11 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 32/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.