Texas Auto Writers Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 752900094
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2022–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Flower Mound, TX, USA
- Phone
- 9032456402
- Rating
- 53
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $18,663
- Expenses
- $31,535
- Assets
- $32,657
- Liabilities
- $250
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Cory Fourniquet (President)
People named in this filing
- Bryan Raupe (Director at Large)
- Cory Fourniquet (President)
- David Boyd (VP of Membership)
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
Tawa works to access companies and individuals on behalf of its members and promotes public reader, viewer and listener awareness of the automobile industry.
What it reported doing in 2024
An educational association of automotive journalists funding college scholarships for journalism students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 33
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 29
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 38.8%; rating input score 39
- Program expense ratio: 23%; rating input score 23
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -69%; rating input score 10; 10th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.04; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.01; rating input score 30; 30th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 70% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -17.3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -12.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 38.8% of revenue deployed · 23% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $7K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 39/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 10/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 30/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.