CASSI Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
991674940
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
Key Largo, FL, USA
Rating
38
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Marine Science and Oceanography

Reported finances

Revenue
$9,581
Expenses
$9,552
Assets
$29

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

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mnica Medina (President)
  • Aki Ohdera (Vice President)

People named in this filing

  • Mnica Medina (President)
  • Aki Ohdera (Vice President)
  • Laura Miller (Treasurer)

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 primary mission of CASSI Inc is to advance our scientific understanding of fundamental organismal biology and mathematics through the use model organism upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea and provide opportunities to the broad scientific community including early career researchers so that they may gain access to resources in the form of scholarships. The scholarships will permit researchers to conduct experiments travel to conferences and network in order to promote a more inclusive and collaborative research community. The primary Program Activity for CASSI Inc is to organize the International Cassiopea Workshop which brings together researchers to share knowledge conduct field experiments participate in skills tutorials and network with fellow researchers. In 2024 we organized the 7th International Cassiopea Workshop which brought dozens of researchers together to promote inclusive science through knowledge sharing and establish new collaborations.

What it reported doing in 2024

The International Cassiopea Workshop brought together researchers from across the world to Key Largo Florida. For this iteration of the conference we had 45 in-person participants and 9 virtual participants. We held three tutorial events each attended by 20+ participants. In collaboration with Pennsylvania State University we were able to support costs of travel and registration fees for 26 early career researchers which includes high school undergraduate and graduate students.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% 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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 7
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 30
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 7.1%; rating input score 7
  • Program expense ratio: 7.1%; rating input score 7

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 0.3%; rating input score 46; 46th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

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

Details

  • Where the money goes: 7.1% of revenue deployed · 7.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $682 in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 7/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.