Governors Highway Safety Association is a trade / professional association based in Washington, DC that was founded in 1975. As of 2019 they had $8.6 million in revenue and $3.6 million in assets.
Ghsa provides leadership and representation for the states and territories to improve traffic Safety, influence national policy and enhance program management. Ghsa provides leadership and representation for the states and territories to improve traff...
Driving skills for life, a program developed by ford motor company, ghsa and Safety experts, seeks to reduce the number of driving injuries and fatalities by helping newly licensed drivers develop the skills necessary fro safe driving. The program includes redesigned driving skills for life website, ride and drives, a series of free, hands-on driving events, summer camps where teen drivers and their parents learn critical driving skills, and an educational kit that has been sent to over 20,000 high schools which includes a teacher's guide, entertaining video, brochure, poster and a take-home component so parents can be involved. Driving skills for life focuses on four skills experts agree are most important in preventing crashes, when combined with zero tolerance for alcohol use and the importance of seat belt use hazard recognition, vehicle handling, space management, and speed management.
Providing products and services to state Highway Safety officers, a progam in cooperation with nhtsa to enhance and execute a cohesive program providing traffic Safety services to include: a law enforcement program coordinator who will be responsible for providing the technical assistance necessary to increase and strengthen states' law enforcement efforts focused on traffic Safety; encouraging law enforcement agencies to implement and/or expand traffic Safety enforcement, especially high visibility enforcement throughout the year; supporting states in organizing and conducting law enforcement-related events related to crackdowns and mobilization at the state or local level; researching, writing and providing technical information to state Highway Safety offices (shsos) related to traffic Safety grants; providing training to shsos relative to nhtsa priorities and progams; and communicating and assisting in the implementation of nhtsa national priorities and programs
Ghsa's annual meeting takes place in a different state for 5 days. Typically scheduled between late august to early october, the meeting brings together more than 400 state, national and private sector Highway Safety representatives. The executive board/committee establishes a theme and the planning committee, in conjunction with the headquarters staff and host state staff puts the plan in motion. The meeting kicks off on a saturday with an executive board meeting and concludes on a wednesday with a closing general session/lunch.
Fiscal year ending | Date received by IRS | Form | PDF link |
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2019-06 | Oct 14, 2020 | 990 | View PDF |
2018-06 | May 14, 2019 | 990 | View PDF |
2017-06 | Aug 23, 2018 | 990 | View PDF |
2016-06 | Aug 30, 2017 | 990 | View PDF |
2015-06 | Aug 3, 2017 | 990 | View PDF |
...and five more Form 990 PDFs |
Field | 2019 |
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Total grants, contributions, etc. | $7,197,397 |
Program services | $1,435,749 |
Investment income and dividends | $44,103 |
Tax-exempt bond proceeds | $0 |
Royalty revenue | $0 |
Net rental income | $0 |
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets | $0 |
Net income from fundraising events | $0 |
Net income from gaming activities | $0 |
Net income from sales of inventory | $0 |
Miscellaneous revenues | $19,775 |
Total revenues | $8,697,024 |
Vendor | Services | Amount paid | Date |
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Hertzbach and Company PA | Tax accounting; Audit accounting | 2020-10-14 | |
██████ | Content management system software | 2019-08-15 | |
████ ████ ██████████ ███ | Professional Services | $268,927 | 2019-06-01 |
██████ █ ██████ | Professional Services | $123,100 | 2019-06-01 |
███ ███ ███ | Tax accounting | 2014-04-28 |
Name | Title | Compensation | Most recent data |
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Jonathan Adkins | Executive Director | $221,012 | Oct. 14, 2020 |
Denise Alston | Director of Finance and Administration | $113,597 | Feb. 22, 2020 |
████ █████ | Senior Director of Communications and Programs | $113,608 | Aug. 13, 2019 |
████ ██████ | Director of Policy and Government Relations | $100,370 | Aug. 13, 2019 |
███ ███████ | National Law Enforcement Liaison Program Manager | - | Aug. 13, 2019 |
██████ ███████ | Secretary | $0 | June 30, 2019 |
███ ██████ | Treasurer | $0 | June 30, 2019 |
██████ █████ | Vice Chair and Region 9 Alternate | $0 | June 30, 2019 |
██████ ███████ | Chair | $0 | June 30, 2019 |
██████ █████████ | Vice Chair | $0 | June 30, 2018 |
...and six more key personnel |