Aim Inc Dba Aim for the Handicapped

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
316059936
IRS 990 coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2009
Location
Dayton, OH, USA
Phone
9372944611
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$565,550
Expenses
$538,480
Assets
$1,983,401
Liabilities
$43,870

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

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • GREG STOUT (PRESIDENT)
  • DR JO GEIGER (NATL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DR JO GEIGER (NATL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $106,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Our goal is to help individuals with visual handicaps, hearing impairments, emotional or learning disabilities, autism and orthopedic or coordination problems to achive their highest potential through the aim method of specialized movement education. We complete this through recruiting and train teachers to expand the use of the aim method for helping handicapped children in school settings, one-on-one sessions, adults in nursing homes and colloborating with other nonprofit entities to serve both children and adults. There is never a charge for our services and no child is ever turned away.

What it reported doing in 2024

One-on-one sessions - we provide them for children that are not in school during the school year and we also have a summer program that any child can attend during the during summer break from school. These one-on-one sessions are conducted at the nancy lopez trainng center in dayton, Ohio. Children that come to our training center go through the aim method once a week at the same time every week. Consistency and repetition are key in the aim method. These two elements teach timing and concentration, which improve all areas of learning, speaking, reading, writing and retention. Self-confidence and esteem are also enhanced. The one-on-one sessions include specialized rhythmical movements, gross motor movements, and creative movement using games, songs, and other activities to encourage and enhance movement for children with visual handicaps, hearing impairments, emotional or learning disabilities, autism and orthopedic or coordinatiion problems. We held 2044 sessions during the school year. We served 68 children in our training center.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 93% 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.
  • Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 55
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.6%; rating input score 69
  • Program expense ratio: 69.3%; rating input score 69
  • Fundraising efficiency: $12.5 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd 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: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • 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: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 4.8%; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.68; rating input score 79; 79th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 19.7%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 18th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 2.9% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 12.9% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.6% of revenue deployed · 69.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 6 of 6 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $373K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $106K · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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.

  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 45/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 49/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 15/100.