Ace Mentor Program of America Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
474846226
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2020–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Austin, TX, USA
Phone
5043905924
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$164,619
Expenses
$94,149
Assets
$228,232
Liabilities
$38

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

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • JEN MUETHING (CHAIR)
  • CHELSEA MALDONADO (CHAIR ELECT)
  • JUSTIN BRODNAX (PAST CHAIR)

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 organizations program is designed to introduce youths to the wide range of career opportunities open to young people in architecture, construction, engineering and related areas of the building design, construction and engineering fields.

What it reported doing in 2025

Mentor Education Program Sessions are to do the hands-onteaching in Architecture, Construction and Engineering (ACE) exposing 114students in 15 Sessions to ACE and guiding them in their projects.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and liabilities are high compared with assets.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 58
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 80
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 47.5%; rating input score 47
  • Program expense ratio: 77.2%; rating input score 77

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: 42.8%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.42; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.2% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.4% per year; rating input score 100; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14.3% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 47.5% of revenue deployed · 77.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2025
  • 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: Mission deployment rate scored 47/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 48/100.