Academies of Math & Science
Legal name: Academy of Mathematics and Science South Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 273641289
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Official website data refreshed
- Sep 2026
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Tempe, AZ, US
- Phone
- (602) 584-6625
- Rating
- 78
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $69,824,292
- Expenses
- $68,469,545
- Assets
- $151,320,367
- Liabilities
- $132,288,618
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- PHILIP CARHUFF (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- STEPHANIE SAVAGE (PRINCIPAL): $129,729 total reported compensation
- TAMARA REIGNER (PRINCIPAL): $104,849 total reported compensation
- DANIELE BRADY (PRINCIPAL): $104,717 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Through a well-rounded education, we transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s global visionaries.
What it reported doing in 2024
We are a charter school dedicated to providing students with a quality education. We emphasize math and science while simultaneously providing a superior education in all other aspects of the school curriculum.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 83% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 63
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 88
- Sustainability: 50
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 69.9%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 72.8%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 80%; rating input score 80; 28th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.9%; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.21; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.87; rating input score 14; 14th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0.8%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 25.1% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 24.6% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 23.9% per year; rating input score 100; 95th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- What they do: Mission, programs, and operating context captured from the official website.
- Where the money goes: 69.9% of revenue deployed · 72.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 4 of 5 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $49.9M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $130K · 11 people listed
- Highest-paid contractors: 5 contractors listed · $11M reported
- Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
- Schedules: 7 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 42/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 14/100.