Faculty for Undergrad Neuroscience C/o Lauren Rudolph
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 311534627
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2010, Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Mount Vernon, OH, USA
- Phone
- 7404275880
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $58,030
- Expenses
- $54,763
- Assets
- $285,518
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LORENZ NEWIRTH (PRESIDENT-EL)
People named in this filing
- JACKIE ROSE (PRESIENT)
- LORENZ NEWIRTH (PRESIDENT-EL)
- CONNIE KANG (PAST PRESDIE)
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
Faculty for undergraduate neuroscience (fun) is an international organization that is focused on neuroscience education and research at the udnergraduate level. The mission is to enhance undergraduate participation in research and the presentation of research at the sfn meeting; to disseminate innovations in undergraduate neuroscience education; to recognize excellence in undergraduate neuroscience education, and to develop national and regional networks that enhance undergraduate neuroscience education and research and faculty development.
What it reported doing in 2025
To develop national and regional networks that enhance undergraduate neuroscience education , research and faculty development.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 68% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 76% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending 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: 46
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 57
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 50.7%; rating input score 51
- Program expense ratio: 38.7%; rating input score 39
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 5.6%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.21; rating input score 84; 84th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 2.7% per year; rating input score 100; 55th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 6.6% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 50.7% of revenue deployed · 38.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $21K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2011 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 51/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 39/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 54/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.