Technology Student Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
550615264
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Moundsville, WV, USA
Phone
7403811261
Rating
58
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$110,703
Expenses
$92,816
Assets
$64,887
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Justin Miller (Advisory Committee President)

People named in this filing

  • Nicole Shipman (State Advisor)
  • Jessica Ramsey (Advisor - Clay County)
  • Justin Miller (Advisory Committee 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

We are a non-profit career and technical student organization (CTSO) for middle and high school students engaged in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. We host semi-annual conferences where students prepare and compete in a variety of events, ultimately preparing to compete nationally at the National TSA conference.

What it reported doing in 2024

State Officer Training/Planning Sessions: The organization, while overseen by adults, is primarily organized and run by the state officers selected by the membership at the yearly State Leadership Conference. These 6 state officers meet in person 3 times a year for training and planning sessions to plan the conferences. Their lodging and meals, along with required materials are paid for by the organization during these in person meetings. As well as their expenses while running the fall and state conferences.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 68
  • Sustainability: 58
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 42.8%; rating input score 43
  • Program expense ratio: 51%; rating input score 51

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 83.3%; rating input score 83; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 16.2%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.7; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.8%; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 64.3% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 27.4% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 77th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 42.8% of revenue deployed · 51% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 4 filed program accomplishments · $47K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 43/100.
  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 51/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 48/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 20/100.