Aha Movement

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
874643014
IRS 990 coverage
2022–2022
Forms available
Form 990 2022
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
7134170317
Rating
59
Verdict
MIXED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Child Day Care

Reported finances

Revenue
$276,919
Expenses
$248,021
Assets
$40,774
Liabilities
$11,876

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

9 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ED GOMEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • ED GOMEZ (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $27,083 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2022. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We create an educational, fun and supportive environment with the goal of helping children learn and experience aha! Moments--moments that open their natural curiosity and give them confidence in themselves and the amazing things they can achieve.houston's precinct two is one of the most impoverished areas in our community. Underfunded and lacking social and educational opportunities, this culturally diverse population is also teeming with children. Children who often don't have access to the resources and tools to help them get the education they're deserve.art, science, music, time in nature and even regular meals are often luxuries these children don't have access to on a daily basis. Many of these children take care of siblings, work after school, or perhaps never venture outside their homes due to safety concerns.aha! Provides that outlet for kids who may not otherwise experience what they need to help them grow, develop, and learn.

What it reported doing in 2022

Provide an educational, fun and supportive environment with the goal of helping children learn and experience aha! Moments--moments that open their natural curiosity and give them confidence in themselves and the amazing things they can achieve through art, science, music, time in nature and even regular meals.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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

MIXED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 67
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 26
  • Sustainability: 37
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 72.3%; rating input score 72
  • Program expense ratio: 80.8%; rating input score 81
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 13th 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: 0%; rating input score 0; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 10.4%; rating input score 62; 62nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.16; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.29; rating input score 18; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 10.9%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 72.3% of revenue deployed · 80.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 0 of 9 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $200K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $27K · 9 people listed
  • Consistency: 21 of 22 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Schedule A contributions reconciliation did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 18/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.