Darpa Exchange Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
993946647
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Arlington, VA, USA
Phone
7035262182
Rating
39
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and/or Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$149,875
Expenses
$136,443
Assets
$37,819
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • JESSICA MARSH (PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER THABET (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • JESSICA MARSH (PRESIDENT)
  • JENNIFER THABET (VICE PRESIDENT)
  • CATHERINE STEVENS (SECRETARY)

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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The darpa exchange sells darpa logo items such as apparel, challenge coins, coffee mugs, and other small souvenir like items for a small profit. All items are procured from various vendors. Profits ate then used for employee recognition awards and seasonal holiday events.

What it reported doing in 2025

Held holiday party for employee recognitions

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

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue has grown recently. 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: 2
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 48
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 2.1%; rating input score 2
  • Program expense ratio: 1.6%; rating input score 2

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 9%; rating input score 53; 53rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.28; rating input score 25; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -167.2% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 53% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 43.2% per year; rating input score 100; 91st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 2.1% of revenue deployed · 1.6% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 1 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • 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 2/100.
  • High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 53/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 25/100.