Value Stream Management Consortium
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 853884062
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Denver, CO, USA
- Phone
- 4845219608
- Rating
- 82
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $150,179
- Expenses
- $163,444
- Assets
- $38,333
- Liabilities
- $4,000
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
13 people listed
People named in this filing
- Helen Beal (Chairman)
- Keith Buehlman (Director)
- Phil Clark (Director)
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
The Value Stream Management Consortium is a professional association funded by our members. We aim to serve the burgeoning VSM community by creating space to share experiences and learn from one another. We collaborate on producing content, tools, and utilities that drive the adoption of VSM practices that bestow business advantage.
What it reported doing in 2024
Flowtopia 2024 was a virtual conference hosted by the Value Stream Management Consortium, bringing together professionals, practitioners, and thought leaders in the Value Stream Management (VSM) space. The event continued its mission of advancing VSM practices and adoption through expert-led presentations, interactive discussions, and hands-on workshops. By transitioning to a virtual format, Flowtopia 2024 expanded its reach, making high-quality VSM education and collaboration accessible to a broader global audience. Participants engaged in insightful sessions designed to enhance their skills, drive organizational transformation, and foster innovation in the VSM community.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 93%; rating input score 93
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -8.8%; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.23; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.1; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: -9.4% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -35.7% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 93% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $152K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 1 filed schedules
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 17/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.