Engineering Information Foundation Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
131679606
IRS 990-PF coverage
2010–2024
Forms available
Form 990-PF 2024
Location
Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone
8008391754
Rating
88
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Standard

Reported finances

Revenue
$575,083
Expenses
$417,660

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

Overview

Mission

Engineering Information Foundation Inc is a nonprofit. Location: Wilmington, DE. EIN 131679606.

What it reported funding in 2024

The foundation reported 13 grants totaling $220,109. The stated grant purposes included global communication competency in engineering- enhancing communication skills in engineering for global corporate success, general & unrestricted, and integrating genai into engineering communication courses: a genre-based rhetorical approach for critical and ethical instruction, plus 10 other reported purposes.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 100% of the foundation's positive operating resources came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The foundation combined direct charitable work with grants to other organizations or people.
  • Includes asset-sale income: Asset-sale income is shown separately from recurring resources when classifying the revenue model.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes to charitable grants and the filing identifies who received its grants. A relatively small share of spending goes to grants and the filing reports one or more activities that warrant closer review.

Rating breakdown

  • Grant Deployment: 100
  • Cost Efficiency: 53
  • Transparency: 100
  • Compliance: 98
  • Endowment Health: 83

Detailed rating inputs

Grant Deployment

  • Grant deployment ratio: 100%; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Cost Efficiency

  • Grant expense ratio: 52.7%; rating input score 53; 14th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency

  • Grant recipient disclosure: Yes; rating input score 100

Compliance

  • Part VII-B activity disclosures: 18 of 19 controls in place; rating input score 95
    • Property sale or exchange with a disqualified person: Pass
    • Borrowing from or lending to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Goods, services, or facilities involving a disqualified person: Pass
    • Compensation paid to a disqualified person: Fail
    • Assets transferred to a disqualified person: Pass
    • Payment to a government official: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior self-dealing: Pass
    • Prior-year undistributed income: Pass
    • Excess business holdings: Pass
    • Investments that may jeopardize charitable purposes: Pass
    • Uncorrected prior-year jeopardizing investments: Pass
    • Attempt to influence legislation: Pass
    • Attempt to influence an election: Pass
    • Grants to individuals: Pass
    • Grants to organizations: Pass
    • Spending for a noncharitable purpose: Pass
    • Funds received for a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Premiums paid on a personal-benefit contract: Pass
    • Prohibited tax-shelter transaction: Pass
  • Filing consistency checks: 9; rating input score 100

Endowment Health

  • Endowment-health comparison: 25.86; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Grants: 100% of grant recipient detail disclosed
  • Payout: At least 100% grant deployment rate
  • Trustees: Filed trustees detail
  • Self-dealing: 100% of reviewed questions answered “No”
  • Investments: 83th percentile for endowment coverage
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 20 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.

  • Review — Cost Efficiency: Grant expense ratio scored 53/100.
  • Review — Compliance: Part VII-B activity disclosures: Compensation paid to a disqualified person not reported.