Restoration Association of Florida

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
812318402
IRS 990 coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025, Form 990-N 2018
Location
Altamonte Springs, FL, USA
Phone
4077017530
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$89,870
Expenses
$77,545
Assets
$1,140
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RICHIE KIDWELL (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RICHIE KIDWELL (PRESIDENT)
  • TIFFANY CARTWRIGHT (BOARD MEMBER)
  • NATASHA NIELSON (BOARD MEMBER)

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

Advocacy: raf serves as the primary advocacy organization for water, mold, and fire remediation companies. Our advocacy efforts including lobbying the Florida legislature and executive branch agencies to protect our businesses as well as the customers we serve. We are independent small businesses with employees, and it is important that we are able to advocate on our own behalf. The activity is year-round and the activity is conducted by our in-house staff, contracted staff, and our association members. Education: raf also serves as a source of education, best practices, and offers advice and consultation with restoration companies throughout the state. The activity is year round and is conducted by our in-house staff, contracted staff, and our association members. Networking: raf offers networking opportunities throughout the year to bring industry professional together to increase knowledge, make connections and improve business. The activity is year round and is conducted by our in-

What it reported doing in 2025

Advocacy: raf serves as the primary advocacy organization for water, mold, and fire remediation companies. Our advocacy efforts including lobbying the Florida legislature and executive branch agencies to protect our businesses as well as the customers we serve. We are independent small businesses with employees, and it is important that we are able to advocate on our own behalf. The activity is year-round and the activity is conducted by our in-house staff, contracted staff, and our association members. Education: raf also serves as a source of education, best practices, and offers advice and consultation with restoration companies throughout the state. The activity is year round and is conducted by our in-house staff, contracted staff, and our association members. Networking: raf offers networking opportunities throughout the year to bring industry professional together to increase knowledge, make connections and improve business. The activity is year round and is conducted by our in-house staff, and our association members.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 81
  • Transparency & Controls: 90
  • Accountability: 64
  • Sustainability: 47
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 86.3%; rating input score 86
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
  • 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; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 1 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 14
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • 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: 13.7%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.01; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 58; 58th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.5% per year; rating input score 0; 41st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 26.4% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -101.1% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 86.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 1 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $78K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 13 of 13 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Accountability: Governance controls: 5 of 6 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 58/100.