Worldwide Apparel Association Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
450602134
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2017–2018
Forms available
Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2018, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Flushing, NY, USA
Phone
3476812393
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues

Official website

Reported finances

Expenses
$740
Assets
$1,507
Liabilities
$1,507

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2018. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

1 person listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • RUNHUA TU (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • RUNHUA TU (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 2018. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Waa is an international nonprofit organization providing service to the clothing industry and clothing professional instruction. It was establishes univied international creteria and professional standards for the international apparel 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

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 38
  • Transparency & Controls: 61
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 20

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 75%; rating input score 75; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: Limited
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.04; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 1; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 51; 51st percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -70.5% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: 70.1% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $740 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 1 people listed
  • Consistency: 3 of 4 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2017 to 2018
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 51/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.