Ace Mentor Program of RVA Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
842203880
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Richmond, VA, USA
Phone
8043471769
Rating
64
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,603
Expenses
$11,828
Assets
$123,908

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

10 people listed

People named in this filing

  • Jason Hendricks (Chairman)
  • Scott Brame (Vice Chairman)
  • Robert Belcher (Immediate Past Chairman)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The Ace Mentor Program of RVA introduces high school students to careers in architecture, construction management, and engineering, and supports their higher education goals through merit-based scholarships. The program currently serves students in Chesterfield County, Henrico County, and City of Richmond, in Virginia.

What it reported doing in 2025

Halloween on the Green Golf Tournament Proceeds used to fund scholarships

Operating model

Revenue model
Other-operating. 84% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 99% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and program spending has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 35
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 79
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 16.7%; rating input score 17
  • Program expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 80.5%; rating input score 97; 97th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.48; rating input score 92; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -120.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 6.2% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 49% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 16.7% of revenue deployed · 64.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $8K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 17/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.