Capital Area Science and Engineering Fair
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 232058836
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2010–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Middletown, PA, USA
- Phone
- 7174211775
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,691
- Expenses
- $61,262
- Assets
- $78,255
- Liabilities
- $285
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- AMY DIEHL (PRESIDENT)
People named in this filing
- AMY DIEHL (PRESIDENT)
- JESSICA MCGUIRE (DIRECTOR)
- JOHN FRIEND (DIRECTOR)
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 organization encourages students to creatively explore and investigate their world through hands-on scientific research. Through student participation in the capital area science an engineering fair, teachers and advisors help enrich a student's appreciation and knowledge of the important role science and engineering play in modern society.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization conducts an annual science fair that encourages students to explore scientific research and ideas. Eighty-five awards were granted during the fiscal year for being the winners of various scientific catergories. Gifts in kind: 19,500. Expense related to the gifts in kind: professional fees 4,500, office space 15,000.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 91% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 82
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 58
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 71%; rating input score 71
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
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: 29.3%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.28; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 22.4%; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 4.3% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 3.7% per year; rating input score 100; 67th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.9% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 71% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $61K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 17 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 14 filing years from 2010 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 53/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 7/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 32/100.