ChickTech

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463780208
IRS 990 coverage
2015–2023
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2014
Location
Portland, OR, USA
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Human Service Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$409,630
Expenses
$496,063
Assets
$59,989
Liabilities
$532,459

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Tonya G Pieske (Executive Director)
  • Rebecca Phillips (Board President)

Highest reported compensation

  • Tonya G Pieske (Executive Director): $79,512 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

ChickTech is dedicated to advancing diversity in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)by increasing retention and building the pipeline of underrepresented technologists with a focus on women, girls, and non-binary people of all ages.

What it reported doing in 2023

Program Service Accomplishments: ChickTech High School: This program is designed to introduce a variety of STEM skills and career options to students through virtual and in-person workshops and mentorshiop for students in grades 8-12 with a focus on girls and gender-diverse students. The goal of the program is to reach students whose identities are traditionally underrepresented and underserved by providing free programming and support services such as laptops and internet access at no cost. 141 individuals were served. We provided 1-on-1 mentorshop, 2 day in-person hackaton in Portland, Oregon, and a virtual workshop series focused on artificial intelligence for high school students. ChickTech hosted 13 events and served a total of 3,151 program hours. We expanded mentorship resources to increase the number of students served. We improved registration process for students and mentors and introduced an interactive portal and more robust onboarding. We partnered with Disney, Spirit Mountain, and PGE Foundation to recruit mentors, grow program resources, and expand accessibility. ChickTech Career: This program focuses on supporting and retaining women and gender diverse people in tech by providing a free career fair, webinars, and networking opportunities. We served 781 individuals. We delivered events including a virtual career fair, and virtual networking. With the career fair, we launched a brand new portal that facilitated direct connections between diverse job seekers and hiring managers. In collaboration with Experian, we co-hosted a webinar focused on using AI to grow your career. The virtual career fair had participation from 8 sponsoring tech companies committed to diverse and equitable hiring practices.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 99% 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

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 85
  • Transparency & Controls: 92
  • Accountability: 84
  • Sustainability: 12
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 97.1%; rating input score 97
  • Program expense ratio: 80.2%; rating input score 80
  • Fundraising efficiency: $11.06 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd 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: Pass
    • 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: -21.1%; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.12; rating input score 7; 7th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 8.88; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 16%; rating input score 23; 23rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -2.4% per year; rating input score 0; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -3% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -3.3% per year; rating input score 0; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 97.1% of revenue deployed · 80.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 7 of 7 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $398K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $80K · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes major donors
  • Filing history: 9 filing years from 2015 to 2023
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 15/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 7/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 23/100.