Usability Professionals Association: FY2020 Nonprofit Profile & Form 990 (EIN 75-2455656)

Revenue by fiscal year
FY2020	$113K
FY2021	$337K
FY2022	$678K
FY2023	$847K
FY2024	$522K

Expenses by fiscal year
FY2020	$139K
FY2021	$326K
FY2022	$699K
FY2023	$864K
FY2024	$779K

Net assets by fiscal year
FY2020	$687K
FY2021	$686K
FY2022	$631K
FY2023	$622K
FY2024	$382K

Is it real?

Yes. Never revoked by the IRS. Latest filing on record: FY2024. IRS ruling in Sep 1995.

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Where the money goes

31 cents of each dollar spent went to programs.

31%

Program services 31% · $42K

Form 990 Part IX, line 25. Every line is in By the numbers.

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Who runs it and what they're paid

11 people listed on the 990; $37K paid to officers and key staff (Part VII, Section A).

Part VII, Section A · reportable compensation

Richard Gunther

Executive Director

$37,125Pt VII · Sec A

Janaina Pantoja

Vice President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Shane McWhorter

Treasurer

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Claudia Gutierrez

Director-Publications

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Jack Holmes

Director-Web Content & Str

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Sara Mastro

President

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Kendall Warner

Director-Chapters & Region

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Carmen McDonald

Director-Education

$0Pt VII · Sec A

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Name	FY2024	FY2023	FY2022	FY2021	FY2020
Richard Gunther	$39,180	$46,435	$46,660	$30,738	$37,125

Total reportable compensation (Form 990 Part VII column D / Schedule J column E) by filing year, matched by name within this organization. The Schedule J base / bonus / deferred breakdown is not parsed into this dataset.

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Questions the 990 asks

The form asks each of these directly. These are the filed answers.

Family or business ties among officersPt VI · Ln 2No
Top official's pay set by an independent reviewPt VI · Ln 15aYes

Programs and updates

Offers learning and development for user experience professionals.

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1 program · $42K · in their own filed words · FY2020

01

Provide information and networking services in the user experience profession through online information services, seminars, and conventions.

Form 990 Part III, line 4, FY2020. The organization’s own words, as filed with the IRS. Find it at the IRS (EIN 75-2455656) · Dispute this line

$42Kprogram expense

By the numbers

The FY2020 990, line by line.

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1The main four

Money inPt VIII

$113K

Ln 12

Fees for servicesLn 2g$87K

Investment incomeLn 3$24K

Other incomeLn 4–11$2K

Money outPt IX

$139K

Ln 25

Programscol B$42K

Owns and owesPt X

$687K

net assets · Ln 32

Cash and savingsLn 1–2$99K

Total assetsLn 16$836K

LiabilitiesLn 26$148K

PeoplePt VI, VII

11

listed · VII A

PaidVII A1

Voting boardVI 1a10

IndependentVI 1b10

2In more detail

Revenue in detailPt VIII

Fees for servicesLn 2g$87K

Investment incomeLn 3$24K

Other incomeLn 4–11$2K

Total revenueLn 12$113K

Assets in detailPt X, end of year

CashLn 1$95K

SavingsLn 2$4K

Cash and savings togetherLn 1–2$99K

Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesLn 9$115K

InvestmentsLn 11–13$622K

Total assetsLn 16$836K

LiabilitiesLn 26$148K

Net assetsLn 32$687K

OperationsPt I, VI

EmployeesI 50

VolunteersI 6200

Fiscal year endsHeaderDecember

Conflict-of-interest policyVI 12aYes

Whistleblower policyVI 13Yes

Records policyVI 14No

3Year over year

Balance sheet, start vs end of yearPt X · col A, B

Line	Start FY20	End FY20
Cash and savingsLn 1–2	$24K	$99K
InvestmentsLn 11–13	$588K	$622K
Total assetsLn 16	$752K	$836K
LiabilitiesLn 26	$49K	$148K
Net assetsLn 32	$703K	$687K

4Every line

Statement of functional expensesPt IX · every line

Line	Total	Programs	Management	Fundraising
Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)Ln 5	$37K
Legal feesLn 11b	$462
Accounting feesLn 11c	$44K
Other fees for servicesLn 11g	$18K
Office expensesLn 13	$4K
Information technologyLn 14	$8K
TravelLn 17	$2K
Conferences, conventions and meetingsLn 19	$5K
Other expenses (24a–d)Ln 24	$21K
All other expensesLn 24e	$521
Total functional expensesLn 25	$139K

Filing history

Year	Money in	Money out	In minus out	Net assets	Download
FY2024 LatestFiled with the IRS Nov 7, 2025	$522K	$779K	−$258K	$382K	990 PDF
FY2023Filed with the IRS Nov 9, 2024	$847K	$864K	−$17K	$622K	990 PDF
FY2022Filed with the IRS Nov 10, 2023	$678K	$699K	−$22K	$631K	990 PDF
FY2021Filed with the IRS Oct 26, 2022	$337K	$326K	$10K	$686K	990 PDF
FY2020 ViewingFiled with the IRS Nov 8, 2021	$113K	$139K	−$26K	$687K	990 PDF

Schedules filed Part IV

A · Public support I · Grants O · Explanations

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Part I · Summary $112,867 revenue, 12 lines filed

I-8 Contributions and grantsPrior year $0$0

I-9 Program service revenuePrior year $836,359$87,100

I-10 Investment incomePrior year $20,283$24,167

I-11 Other revenuePrior year $0$1,600

I-12 Total revenuePrior year $856,642$112,867

I-13 Grants and similar amounts paidPrior year $0$0

I-14 Benefits paid to membersPrior year $0$0

I-15 Salaries and benefitsPrior year $32,860$37,125

I-16a Professional fundraising feesPrior year $0$0

I-17 Other expensesPrior year $850,621$101,464

I-18 Total expensesPrior year $883,481$138,589

I-19 Revenue less expensesPrior year −$26,839−$25,722

Part VI · Governance 10 of 10 board members independent, 1 to look at

VI-1a Voting members of the governing body10

VI-1b Independent voting members10

VI-14 Document retention and destruction policyNo

VI-2 Family or business relationship among officers or directorsNo

VI-12a Written conflict of interest policyYes

VI-13 Written whistleblower policyYes

VI-15a Process for setting top official's payYes

Part VIII · Statement of revenue $112,867 across 4 lines filed

VIII-2a-f Program service revenue, itemized rows (sum of 2a–2f as filed)Related to mission $81,263 · Unrelated business $5,837$87,100

VIII-3 Investment incomeExcluded from tax $24,167$24,167

VIII-11a-d Other revenue, itemized rows (sum of 11a–11d as filed)Related to mission $1,600$1,600

VIII-12 Total revenueRelated to mission $82,863 · Unrelated business $5,837 · Excluded from tax $24,167$112,867

Part IX · Statement of functional expenses $138,589 across 10 lines filed

IX-5 Pay of officers and key staff (Part IX, line 5)$37,125

IX-11b Legal fees$462

IX-11c Accounting fees$44,396

IX-11g Other fees for services$17,779

IX-13 Office expenses$3,581

IX-14 Information technology$7,583

IX-17 Travel$1,757

IX-19 Conferences, conventions and meetings$4,796

IX-24 Other expenses (24a–d)$20,589

IX-24e All other expenses$521

IX-25 Total functional expenses$138,589

Part X · Balance sheet $835,902 assets, 11 lines filed

X-1 Cash, non-interest-bearingStart of year $9,744$94,670

X-2 Savings and temporary cash investmentsStart of year $14,257$4,259

X-9 Prepaid expenses and deferred chargesStart of year $140,034$115,035

X-11 Publicly traded securitiesStart of year $587,521$621,938

X-16 Total assetsStart of year $751,556$835,902

X-17 Accounts payable and accrued expensesStart of year $13,280$9,080

X-19 Deferred revenueStart of year $35,405$139,419

X-26 Total liabilitiesStart of year $48,685$148,499

X-27 Net assets without donor restrictionsStart of year $702,871$687,403

X-32 Total net assets or fund balancesStart of year $702,871$687,403

X-33 Total liabilities and net assetsStart of year $751,556$835,902

Part XI · Reconciliation of net assets $687,403 net assets at year end

XI-1 Total revenue$112,867

XI-2 Total expenses$138,589

XI-3 Revenue less expenses−$25,722

XI-4 Net assets at start of year$702,871

XI-5 Net unrealized gains (losses) on investments$10,254

XI-9 Other changes in net assets$0

XI-10 Net assets at end of year$687,403

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Before you give

Is it real?

Where the money goes

Who runs it and what they're paid

Compensation history total reportable pay by year · 1 named individual · Part VII

Questions the 990 asks

Programs and updates

Questions for Usability Professionals Association

By the numbers

Filing history

Schedules filed Part IV