Tpf Association Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 954607439
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Doral, FL, USA
- Phone
- 9545343056
- Rating
- 41
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $112,766
- Expenses
- $132,068
- Assets
- $166,822
- Liabilities
- $143,854
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LAURA VILLEGAS (CHAIRPERSON & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- LAURA VILLEGAS (CHAIRPERSON & CEO): $2,500 total reported compensation
- STEFANO SIRACUSANO (VICE-CHAIRPERSON & CC): $2,500 total reported compensation
- ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA (TREASURER & CFO): $2,500 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 create a global network of freight forwarding business partners with the objetive of lending support to independent freight forwarders
What it reported doing in 2025
The organization promoted and supported the interests of independent freight forwarders through networking opportunities, industry education, member support services, and professional development programs. The organization facilitated communication among members and provided resources designed to strengthen business relationships and industry standards.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 100% 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
MIXED - Most voting board members are independent. 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: 26
- Transparency & Controls: 50
- Accountability: 68
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 20
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 30.9%; rating input score 31
- Program expense ratio: 26.4%; rating input score 26
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Scored; rating input score 0
- Grant itemization coverage: Scored; rating input score 0
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 22
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -17.1%; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.26; rating input score 47; 47th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.86; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 7.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -8.3% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.9% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 3.1% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 30.9% of revenue deployed · 26.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 4 board members independent · 2 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $2K · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 18 of 18 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules · includes foreign activity
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2011 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 4 filed money-flow records
- 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 31/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight scored 0/100.
- High — Transparency & Controls: Grant itemization coverage scored 0/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 8 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 13/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 47/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 5/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.