Travelers Aid International Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 592506390
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2025461127
- Rating
- 81
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Services
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,938,776
- Expenses
- $3,511,284
- Assets
- $1,960,772
- Liabilities
- $145,035
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
22 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- KATHLEEN BALDWIN (PRESIDENT & CEO)
Highest reported compensation
- KATHLEEN BALDWIN (PRESIDENT & CEO): $172,820 total reported compensation
- JANE MROSKO (SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM): $145,279 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The travelers aid international mission is to aid people in transit who are in distress, through our direct services and through services provided by our member organizations in the u.s., canada, and australia.
What it reported doing in 2024
Provide monthly newsletter; organize and present bi-monthly educational webinars; sponsor an annual leadership conference; maintain and update a website as an information resource and networking exchange; increase the operational effectiveness of community-based human services organizations, resulting in improved measurable outcomes; in a partnership with the u.s. State department, meet and greet individuals arriving into the u.s. And offer any travel assistance needed; increase the operational effectiveness of community-based human services organizations, resulting in improved measurable outcomes; support the development of integrated support systems that successfully connect individuals and families in transition to their communities; convert the front-line experience of local agencies with emerging needs into effective advocacy for systemic change at all levels of society; build a public voice for disconnected people, to advance the rights and responsibilities of individuals and families in transition.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 84% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and some filed totals do not add up.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 78
- Transparency & Controls: 76
- Accountability: 100
- Sustainability: 47
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.6%; rating input score 84
- Program expense ratio: 93.6%; rating input score 94
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 92.9%; rating input score 93; 13th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 3 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 50
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Pass
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 10.9%; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.56; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 9.1%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 16.2% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 16.7% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.6% of revenue deployed · 93.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 20 of 20 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $3.3M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $173K · 22 people listed · 3 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 28 of 29 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and executive pay
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 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 — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.