Rocky Mountain Compensation Assoc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
841484782
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Denver, CO, USA
Phone
7132080419
Rating
86
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Professional Societies, Associations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$29,342
Expenses
$43,455
Assets
$77,943
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • NICOLE DAVIES (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • HOLLY MERTENS (PRESIDENT)
  • PUSHPA GURUNG (PRESIDENT ELECT)

People named in this filing

  • JAMES STREIFEL (TREASURER)
  • NICOLE DAVIES (PAST PRESIDENT)
  • HOLLY MERTENS (PRESIDENT)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The association's mission shall be to improve the competence of totalrewards professionals; to raise the standards of performance in all phasesof compensation administration and management; to provide a forum wherebyhelpful information, suggestions, policies, plans, and ideas can beexchanged; to provide continuing professional development opportunities; and to promote active participation in any movement, as approved by the board of directors or the association as a whole, which will tend toimprove the methods, practices, and laws governing total rewardsadministration.

What it reported doing in 2024

(1) promote rmca events and classes, provide educational resources relating to total rewards disciplines, promote job opportunities within the discipline; provide a library of resource materials (i.e. Course binders) and scholarship resources. Offer resources to maintain communication between compensation professionals and raise awareness of related news, technology, tools, best practices, and developments within the industry. (2) member luncheon(s) and other events including networking opportunities, picnics, etc. (3) planning and designing educational programs, manage membership, identifying industry trends and opportunities, adopting and implementing policies for organizational administration, identifying and promoting yearly goals and activities.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 75% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 39
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -48.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.79; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4.8% per year; rating input score 0; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 5.8% per year; rating input score 100; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $43K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.