Firestarter Entrepreneurship Council Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 475542351
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2019–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Warner Robins, GA, USA
- Phone
- 4782185624
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Economic Development
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $180,181
- Expenses
- $203,795
- Assets
- $94,433
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
People named in this filing
- John Luppino (Chairman/Treas)
- Kristie Norris (Secretary)
- Mary Oakley (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
The mission is to operate the FireStarter FabLab which includes woodworking, metal working, digital design, and manufacturing for educational and resource purposes. The FabLab has been recognized as a community tool to help in recruitment and retention of STEM professionals, help in the organic growth of STEM professionals out of the K-12 school system, and help with the organic growth of micro innovative businesses. The FabLab has had over 1000 individuals attend classes. We also work with the local robotics team and hold open house events that K-12 students and parents attend.
What it reported doing in 2024
The purpose is to operate the FireStarter FabLab which includes woodworking, metal working, digital design, and manufacturing for educational and resource purposes. The FabLab has been recognized as a community tool to help in recruitment and retention of STEM professionals, help in the organic growth of STEM professionals out of the K-12 school system and help with the organic growth of micro innovative businesses. The FabLab has had over 1000 individuals attend classes. We also work with the local robotics team and hold open house events that k-12 students and parents attend.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filed totals do not add up and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 94
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 80
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 98.8%; rating input score 99
- Program expense ratio: 87.3%; rating input score 87
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 90%; rating input score 90; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -13.1%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.46; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 48th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.2% per year; rating input score 100; 49th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.2% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 98.8% of revenue deployed · 87.3% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $178K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 6 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2019 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.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 36/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.