Recreation Vehicle Industry Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 381776441
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Herndon, VA, USA
- Phone
- 7036206003
- Rating confidence
- Limited
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $14,088,803
- Expenses
- $13,304,610
- Assets
- $56,974,462
- Liabilities
- $19,241,900
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
29 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- CRAIG A KIRBY (PRESIDENT)
- JAMES ASHURST (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT)
- CURTIS HEMMELER (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT RVIA)
- WILLIAM D BAKER (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JOHN RITCHIE (VICE PRESIDENT)
- JASON RANO (VICE PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- CRAIG A KIRBY (PRESIDENT): $1,082,119 total reported compensation
- JAMES ASHURST (EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT): $458,594 total reported compensation
- CURTIS HEMMELER (SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT RVIA): $363,685 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Recreation vehicle industry association (rvia)'s mission is to promote and protect the rv industry and its members; pursuing a favorable business environment for rvia members; promoting the health and wellbeing of rvia; continue on schedule ocontinue from page 2, part iii.... Cultivate a positive rv experience for all consumers; providing industry information and knowledge; and fostering continuous improvement of rv products.
What it reported doing in 2024
Public relations / communications: the association provides a wide variety of publications for its members and others extolling the virtues and benefits of the recreation vehicle lifestyle. Publications include industry general industry news, achievements, and future goals. In addition, public relations activities highlight the industry and rv life style as a contributor to the general well-being of outdoor enthusiasts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 88% 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: 60
- Accountability: 95
- Sustainability: 55
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 25.2%; rating input score 25; 9th 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: 8 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 89
- 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: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.6%; rating input score 55; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 4.28; rating input score 82; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.34; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 27.4%; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.9% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 18 of 18 board members independent · 8 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 4 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $1.1M · 29 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $893K reported
- Consistency: 12 of 13 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 6 filed schedules · includes grants and executive pay
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 14 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 6 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.
- 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: Grant itemization coverage scored 25/100.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 55/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Form 990 shared with the board not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 42/100.