Visit Topeka Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 320176144
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Topeka, KS, USA
- Phone
- 7852341030
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $2,072,349
- Expenses
- $1,839,960
- Assets
- $2,282,692
- Liabilities
- $164,976
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
26 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- SEAN DIXON (PRESIDENT/DTI PRESIDENT (BEG 8/24/24))
Highest reported compensation
- SEAN DIXON (PRESIDENT/DTI PRESIDENT (BEG 8/24/24)): $185,658 total reported compensation
- JOSHUA PATTERSON (CFO): $123,500 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Visit topeka increases tourism's economic impact on topeka through destination development and brand management. It is our job to promote the city of topeka. Each year, thousands of visitors come to topeka to visit friends and family, attend a business convention or association conference, to participate in a sporting event and as part of a group motor coach tour. Visit topeka markets our city and its attractions to each of these visitor segments and works directly with meeting and sport event planners to bring new business to topeka. We rely on partnerships with local businesses to provide planners and visitors with up-to-date information and timely content.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 67
- Accountability: 91
- Sustainability: 59
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Yes; rating input score 100
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Pass
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 11.2%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.07; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 3%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 20.2% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.1% per year; rating input score 100; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.1% per year; rating input score 100; 40th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: 23 of 23 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $186K · 26 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Consistency: 14 of 14 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay and related organizations
- Filing history: 9 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: 6 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 9 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 45/100.