Rfg Survey Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
521888536
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Salem, VA, USA
Phone
5404044437
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$6,518,777
Expenses
$5,980,848
Assets
$15,319,844
Liabilities
$7,244,524

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

Leadership & pay

58 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JOSEPH SORENA (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • FRANCIS LENSKI (PRESIDENT)

Highest reported compensation

  • FRANCIS LENSKI (PRESIDENT): $612,187 total reported compensation

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

Overview

Mission

To plan & carry out multi-firm motor fuel compliance surveys & facilitate compliance & cooperation with related epa standards.

What it reported doing in 2025

The rfgsa conducts 2 types of federal compliance surveys to satisfy program participants obligations under the fuel regulatory streamlining rules. For the nfsp, the survey provides a statistical national estimate of the annual fuel quality provided at retail service stations in the u.s. For nstop, the survey monitors and provides oversight to ensure the proper fuel sampling procedures are followed and the required testing of the samples is done in accordance with the regulatory requirements at all registered gasoline manufacturing facilities throughout the u.s.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 93% 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: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 49
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 91.7%; rating input score 92; 9th 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: 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: 8 of 8 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: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 8.3%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.56; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.2%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: 57 of 57 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $612K · 58 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Highest-paid contractors: 4 contractors listed · $4.8M reported
  • Consistency: 14 of 15 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Schedule R controlled transactions itemized did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.