Traffic Safety Plus
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 204941899
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2011–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Lincoln, NE, USA
- Phone
- 4024660033
- Rating
- 62
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Automotive Safety
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $379,677
- Expenses
- $323,355
- Assets
- $78,799
- Liabilities
- $36,713
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
5 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- MARVIN KOHOUT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- MARVIN KOHOUT (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $95,864 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide defensive driving training courses to improve the skills required for safe driving
What it reported doing in 2024
Traffic safety plus provides a variety of defensive driving training courses designed to improve the skills required for safe driving. The courses are offered online and at 11 locations throughout the state of Nebraska, taught by 16 part-time instructors primarily on weekends and occasionally on weekday evenings. Some of the courses of instruction are: drug and alcohol program for first time drivers - this program was created to introduce new drivers to the impact alcohol and other drugs have on their bodies as well as their driving behavior and skills.traffic survival level 1 - this program is designed for the individual who is attending the program on a voluntary basis to receive a reduction in points on their license; to dismiss a ticket; to receive an insurance discount; as an employer requirement; or to satisfy a court order.traffic survival level 3 - this program is designed for the person who has had their driver's license suspended or revoked or has been court ordered to attend an advanced program.senior driver - this program may provide mature drivers an insurance discount from their insurance company or can be used by senior centers and organizations concerned about mature drivers as part of a prevention plan.a portion of the registration fees paid by students is forwarded to the city or county in which the traffic diversion program is located. One hundred percent of the time is allocated to the teaching and administration of these traffic safety programs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 96% 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
SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 16
- Sustainability: 38
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 72%; rating input score 72
- Program expense ratio: 84.6%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 38
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 14.8%; rating input score 67; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.24; rating input score 13; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.47; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 29.6%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -2.2% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 8.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 72% of revenue deployed · 84.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 0 of 5 board members independent · 3 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $273K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 5 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2011 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 3 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.
- High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 13/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 12/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.