Amazeworks
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 411972162
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Saint Paul, MN, USA
- Phone
- 6514938702
- Rating
- 74
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Parent/Teacher Group
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $906,204
- Expenses
- $907,269
- Assets
- $406,930
- Liabilities
- $128,491
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- REBECCA SLABY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
Highest reported compensation
- REBECCA SLABY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $96,363 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of amazeworks is to champion equity and belonging for all. We envision a world in which every person can reach their full potential because they are seen, heard, and valued for all of who they are. We provide research-based, anti-bias education curricula, training, resources, and support to educators to create equitable, connected learning communities for all children. We also work with other nonprofit organizations, for-profit businesses, and community and government agencies providing anti-bias, equity training and consulting services.
What it reported doing in 2024
Amazeworks provides anti-bias education programs and resources to address these core issues. Our literature-based elementary curriculum, persona doll program, and video-based middle school curriculum engage students in regular, intentional conversations on identity, difference, and bias. As they share stories, listen to new perspectives, and engage in anti-bias discussions, students build empathy, practice social-emotional skills, and learn to respond appropriately to bias. Our classroom dynamics program provides teachers with strategies and tools to create more connected classrooms. Amazeworks also provides professional development training, consultation, and coaching to schools and educators focused on anti-bias education, culturally responsive teaching practices, and social-emotional learning.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 86% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 55
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 90
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 61.1%; rating input score 61
- Program expense ratio: 61.5%; rating input score 61
- Fundraising efficiency: $1.07 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 3; 3rd 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: 6 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 75
- 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: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -0.1%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.45; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 10.6%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.8% per year; rating input score 100; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 9.6% per year; rating input score 100; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.2% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 61.1% of revenue deployed · 61.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 6 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $558K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $96K · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 30 of 30 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 3/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 21/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 24/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 35/100.