Ember Academy Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 932117615
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2023–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Melbourne, FL, USA
- Phone
- 3219603986
- Rating
- 60
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $264,049
- Expenses
- $232,468
- Assets
- $72,917
- Liabilities
- $23,023
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
People named in this filing
- NOVIA FRANKEL (DIRECTOR, VP)
- MELISSA KNOLL (DIRECTOR, PR)
- JULIET MISCONI (DIRECTOR, TR)
Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Ember academy functions as a school that provides high-quality education and care to a unique population of students who are often underserved. Ember academy utilizes the strongest evidence-based practices to support these children in achieving academic, social, emotional, and physical success. Ember serves the student as a whole; bridging the gap between functional academics in the classroom to maximizing applicable living skills as they pertain to their role as a member of their community. Ember academy strives to raise awareness of those who are neurodivergent and share knowledge of various methods that are used in best practices to promote a well-centered approach to learning.
What it reported doing in 2024
In the 20242025 academic year, our school provided personal educational programs to 17 students diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (asd), ranging in age from 8 to 18 years. Our curriculum integrates evidence-based practices, including applied behavior analysis (aba)and social skills development, tailored to each student's unique needs. Our students received the following annual instruction hours with progress monitored through quarterly assessements. K-2 290 hours 3-4 440 hours 5-12 1760 hours
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 99% 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. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 52
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 51
- Sustainability: 45
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 56.2%; rating input score 56
- Program expense ratio: 63.8%; rating input score 64
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 66.7%; rating input score 67; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 2 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 29
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- 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: 12%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.31; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.32; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -56.4% per year; rating input score 0; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -35.8% per year; rating input score 0; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 56.2% of revenue deployed · 63.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 2 of 3 board members independent · 2 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $148K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 27 of 27 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2023 to 2024
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 56/100.
- High — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 6 not reported.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 17/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 15/100.