Southwestern Association of Forensic Scientists Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 751665374
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
- Location
- Houston, TX, USA
- Phone
- 7133828520
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Biological & Life Sciences
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $57,633
- Expenses
- $46,837
- Assets
- $42,934
- 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
- Derek Sanders (President)
- Quinton Bryant (President Elect)
People named in this filing
- Derek Sanders (President)
- Quinton Bryant (President Elect)
- Derek Sanders (Michelle Oneal)
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
To provide an association for persons who are actively engaged in the profession of scientific examination of physical evidence in an organized body so that the profession of all of its disciplines may be effectively and scientifically practiced. To exchange information among forensic scientists to improve techniques, encourage research in forensic science, and to keep its members apprised of the latest techniques and discoveries in forensic science.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 76% 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and assets have declined or grown slowly.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 61
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 87.3%; rating input score 87
- 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: 18.7%; rating input score 72; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.92; rating input score 44; 44th 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: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 29.4% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -5% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 87.3% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $50K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 44/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.