Engineers for a Sustainable World
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463391142
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2013
- Location
- Grandville, MI, USA
- Phone
- 3018326002
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Human Service Organizations
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $91,126
- Expenses
- $89,908
- Assets
- $99,305
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Thomas Loughlin (Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Demetriece Brown (Director)
- Miguel Fraga (Director thru Dec)
- Peggy Ip (Director)
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
ESW works to forge innovative, lasting solutions to local and global sustainability challenges. We design and implement sustainable projects through our student and professional chapters, educate and train individuals and organizations on sustainable policies and practices, and build a global network of communities with a shared culture of sustainability.
What it reported doing in 2024
The ESW annual conference brings individuals from across the nation to speak on sustainable issues, projects, engineering problem solving, and more. Workshops and seminars offer an opportunity for attendees to learn more, grow in their knowledge and interface with leading experts in the field. Experts have come from renowned organizations like The Lemelson Foundation, Engineering for One Planet, ABET, Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure, etc. Students from across chapters present on projects they have been working on - inspiring to students and professionals alike.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 88% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 72% for direct work, and 28% for grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 65
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 52
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 65.4%; rating input score 65
- Program expense ratio: 66.3%; rating input score 66
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 1.3%; rating input score 48; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.1; rating input score 49; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 3.5% per year; rating input score 100; 58th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 1.3% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 20.8% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 65.4% of revenue deployed · 66.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $60K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2014 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 48/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 49/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.