Promotional Products Association Int'l
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 362332840
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Irving, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9722583085
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $24,740,982
- Expenses
- $24,213,377
- Assets
- $28,624,512
- Liabilities
- $14,966,039
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
23 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DALE DENHAM (CEO (THRU 08/24))
- DAWN OLDS (INTERIM CEO (AS OF 07/24))
Highest reported compensation
- DALE DENHAM (CEO (THRU 08/24)): $512,150 total reported compensation
- ELLEN TUCKER (VP, REVENUE & EXPOSITIONS): $297,054 total reported compensation
- TROY NAEF (FRACTIONAL CFO): $234,000 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provides members with a wide range of services which are designed to help both suppliers and distributors expand and improve their markets.
What it reported doing in 2024
Professional development - provides educational opportunities for members. Also offers an industry certification program.public affairs - provides information and support to the industry concerning product safety and legislative matters on the state and federal level.member engagement - provides information for member engagement for volunteer leadership, associations programs, awards and service activities.regional relations - provides a liaison with 26 independent regional associates on activities for the betterment of the industry. Business development - provides a value-added sales approach for members by providing consultative sales planning, while creating a better member experience; identifies new products or services to help its members grow.industry promotion - promotes the industry through publications, advertising, trade shows and social media.technology - develops and maintains the association's technical resources and website.volunteer administration - provides necessary support and coordination for the volunteer board and committee members.corporate social responsibility - provides resources and guidance for members to improve their csr efforts, including sustainability, ethical sourcing, and social equity.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 90% 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: 67
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 39
- 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; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- 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: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 9 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 2.1%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.52; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.2% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 9 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $512K · 23 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $4.7M reported
- Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes foreign activity, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 10 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 1 filed related-organization link
- 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.
- Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.
Key Signals
Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 27/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 27/100.