Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Appraisal Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
251299023
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Chicago, IL, USA
Rating confidence
Limited

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,137
Expenses
$47,692
Assets
$28,473
Liabilities
$10,314

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Michele L Allerton MAI (President)
  • Ryan F Whitney MAI (1st Vice President)
  • Mark Smeltzer Jr MAI SRA AI-GR (2nd Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Michele L Allerton MAI (President)
  • Ryan F Whitney MAI (1st Vice President)
  • Mark Smeltzer Jr MAI SRA AI-GR (2nd Vice President)

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

To empower valuation professionals through community credentialing education body of knowledge and ethical standards.

What it reported doing in 2024

Education - The Appraisal Institute provides a curriculum of courses and seminars for residential and commercial real estate appraisal.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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: 82
  • Sustainability: 53
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 22%; rating input score 75; 75th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.6; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.36; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -15.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -9.3% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -14.2% per year; rating input score 0; 13th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 33/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.