Retail Solutions Providers Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
540678318
IRS 990 coverage
2017–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Raleigh, NC, USA
Phone
7049404274
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,686,874
Expenses
$3,406,370
Assets
$10,734,457
Liabilities
$1,820,297

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

Leadership & pay

18 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JAMES RODDY (CEO)

Highest reported compensation

  • JAMES RODDY (CEO): $246,372 total reported compensation
  • KATHLEEN MEADER (VP EDUCATION): $178,995 total reported compensation
  • MARIE PERRY (VP ANALYTICS): $161,338 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The mission of the retail solutions providers association (rspa) is to accelerate the success of our members in the retail technology ecosystem by providing knowledge and connections. Rspa members include value-added resellers, software developers, hardware vendors, payment processors, distributors, and service providers who serve the retail, restaurant, and grocery markets.

What it reported doing in 2025

Membership - rspa provides its members numerous resources to help them accelerate their success in the retail technology industry. These services are provided by the rspa staff and third parties. Among the most utilized member services are: member special interest communities, legal assistance through the rspa general counsel, the rspa academy excelerate online learning platform, promotion through content published on the rspa website and in the rspa community connection email newsletter, and member-to-member connections through the rspa member directory and introductions through rspa member services managers. In fy26, rspa attracted 130 new members, experienced an 83% member-renewal rate (despite multiple industry mergers and acquisitions), and received a net promoter score of +70 through its member survey.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 98% 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 expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 87
  • Accountability: 83
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 85.8%; rating input score 86
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Missing
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Pass
    • Compensation survey or study: Pass
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 86.7%; rating input score 87; 19th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Fail
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.6%; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.15; rating input score 71; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.17; rating input score 38; 38th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 17.4%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 29.5% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 1.4% per year; rating input score 100; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.6% per year; rating input score 100; 25th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76% of revenue deployed · 85.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 13 of 15 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $246K · 18 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 35 of 35 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes grants, executive pay, and related organizations
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2017 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 6 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: 2 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.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 50/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 38/100.