Ace Mentor Program of America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463881571
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2019
Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Phone
3014489464
Rating
81
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$26,812
Expenses
$55,721
Assets
$108,049
Liabilities
$16,500

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JEFF COOPER (PRESIDENT)
  • TONJA POTTER (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JEFF COOPER (PRESIDENT)
  • TONJA POTTER (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • TIGE SHEEHAN (TREASURER)

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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The primary exempt purpose is to enlighten and motivate students toward architecture, construction, engineering, skilled trades, and related careers, and to provide mentoring and scholarship opportunities for future designers and constructors.

What it reported doing in 2024

Student mentor program to give high school students an opportunity to explore career possibilities in the building professions. Ace baltimore had multi-disciplinary teams with over 140 students from thirteen local schools across baltimore city, baltimore county, and harford county and had 66 mentors.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: 40

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 93.2%; rating input score 93
  • Program expense ratio: 44.9%; rating input score 45

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -107.8%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.94; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 39% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.8% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -6.1% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 93.2% of revenue deployed · 44.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $25K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.