Wyoming Association for Career and Technical Education Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
830264055
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Big Horn, WY, USA
Phone
3074292649
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$104,976
Expenses
$120,072
Assets
$136,385
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Heath Hornecker (President)
  • Megan Garnhart (Past President)
  • Jason Thoren (President Elect)

People named in this filing

  • Heath Hornecker (President)
  • Megan Garnhart (Past President)
  • Jason Thoren (President Elect)

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

Professional Teachers Organization - The organization supports career and technical education teachers in the state of Wyoming by providing professional development opportunities at our annual conference. The organization offers training opportunities in broad areas of interest as well as specific to members specific content area every year at a summer conference.

What it reported doing in 2024

Several pre-conference opportunities were offered for CTE teachers that resulted in earning college and PTSB credit as well as learning new information that they could bring into their classrooms. Several Industry Business join WACTE as Corporate Members to support CTE in Wyoming and have also provided Sponsorship Contributions to support the annual conference. Professional development at summer conference involved conference sessions for 195+ CTE teachers, administrators and counselors; $6134 was used to purchase awards for CTE teachers; $400 paid for annual WBA membership; Keynote Speaker 4768.80; $37,502 to Public Affairs Coordinator; $10,000 to Executive Administrator; $9,000 Conference Coordinator & Web Master; Summer Conference Program Expenses were $31,787; Operation Expenses were $8,831; registration, travel, and conference meal expenses were $7717, swag, gifts, door prizes are also provided for attendees.

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

MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 28
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 41
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 30.3%; rating input score 30
  • Program expense ratio: 26.5%; rating input score 26

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -14.4%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.14; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -11.6% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 16% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.1% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 30.3% of revenue deployed · 26.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 30/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 26/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.