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Business Technology Assn Scholarship Foundation

EIN 23-7157221 · Kansas City, MO

Public records show a registered, tax-exempt organization in good standing.

What it says it does

NONE

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

We do not score finances when yearly spending is very small or the return has too little detail. The ratios stop meaning much at that size.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Good: 76 out of 100.

Independent board
25 of 25
12 of 12 voting board members are independent.
Conflict of interest policy
15 of 15
Has a written conflict of interest policy.
Whistleblower policy
0 of 8
Reports no written whistleblower policy.
Record keeping policy
0 of 7
Reports no written policy on keeping and destroying records.
Board minutes
5 of 5
Keeps minutes of board meetings.
Board sees the tax return
10 of 10
Gave the board a copy of this return before filing it.
Pay set independently
0 of 5
Reports no independent review process for its chief executive's pay.
No reported misuse
10 of 10
Reports no diversion of assets, excess benefits or loans to insiders.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Describes programs. Its tax return describes what it does but we have found no measurable results in it.

Programs described in its return (1)

$4,000 spent. THE FOUNDATION AWARDS $1,000 AND $1,500 SCHOLARSHIPS TO QUALIFYING CHILDREN OF FULL, DUES-PAYING RETAIL DEALER MEMBERS AND TO THE CHILDREN OF MEMBERS' EMPLOYEES. BEGINNING IN 2015, ONE $3,000 SCHOLARSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED WITH THE BOB GOLDBERG SCHOLARSHIP FUND. BEGINNING IN 2020, ONE ANNUAL $2,000 SCHOLARSHIP WAS ESTABLISHED IN MEMORY OF DAVE QUINT.SINCE THE 1984-85 SCHOOL YEAR, THE FOUNDATION HAS AWARDED 1,571 SCHOLARSHIPS TOTALING $1,789,000 TO THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES OF MEMBER DEALERSHIPS. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ARE CHOSEN BY AN IMPARTIAL AND INDEPENDENT EVALUATOR.APPLICANTS MUST BE: A SON OR DAUGHTER OF A PRINCIPAL OR OF AN EMPLOYEE OF A CURRENT BTA RETAIL DEALER MEMBER (51% OF BUSINESS IS RETAIL). NEITHER PART-TIME EMPLOYEES NOR THEIR CHILDREN QUALIFY (PART-TIME IS DEFINED AS 20 HOURS PER WEEK OR LESS).(EMPLOYEES MAY APPLY ONLY IF HE/SHE QUALIFIES AS BOTH A FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE AND A FULL-TIME STUDENT.) AND A FULL-TIME STUDENT MAINTAINING A CLASS SCHEDULE OF AT LEAST 12 HOURS OF ACCREDITED COLLEGE COURSES THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR COVERED BY THE SCHOLARSHIP.

Source: Form 990 for the year ending June 30, 2025, filed with the Internal Revenue Service. Rating method 2026.2. How we rate

Is it registered with the IRS? Passed.
Listed in the IRS master file of tax-exempt organizations as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Has the IRS revoked its tax-exempt status? Passed.
Not on the IRS automatic revocation list.
Source: Automatic revocation of exemption list, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 30, 2026.
Are donations tax-deductible? Passed.
On the IRS list of organizations eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions.
Source: Publication 78 data: organizations eligible for tax-deductible contributions, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 10, 2026.
Is it keeping up with its IRS filings? Passed.
Most recent return on file covers the year ending June 2025.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
How long has it been tax-exempt? Passed.
Recognized by the IRS since December 1971.
Source: Exempt Organizations Business Master File, Internal Revenue Service, file dated September 7, 2026.
Is it in good standing with state regulators? Passed.
Not on California's list of charities barred from soliciting. Other states are not yet checked.
Source: May Not Operate or Solicit for Charitable Purposes list, California Attorney General, Registry of Charities and Fundraisers, file dated October 7, 2026.

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