Florida Foundation for Future Scientists Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
596155014
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2017, Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Goldenrod, FL, USA
Phone
4072077839
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$144,148
Expenses
$170,373
Assets
$392,221
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MARNA FOX (MEMBER)
  • CHARLOTTE EMERSON (MEMBER)
  • DEB ROBINSON (MEMBER)

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

A primary mission of the Florida foundation for future scientists (fffs) is to foster and encourage Florida's talented young people to pursue careers in stem (science, technology, engineering, and math) research. It is an accepted belief that recognition and reward provide a significant impetus to youthful researchers in academic pursuits. The annual state science and engineering fair (ssef) of Florida is an appropriate vehicle through which to accomplish this mission.

What it reported doing in 2025

Annually, more than 250,000 kindergartens through twelfth grade students statewide participate in science fair events leading to regional science and engineering fair (rsef) participation. Events usually are held in january. There are 37 geographically delimited regions incorporating 67 Florida counties. More than 20,000 students from kindergarten through twelfth grade exhibit at rsef usually meet during february and march. Usually in may of each year, Florida ninth through twelfth grade students complete across the nation and around the world. Adults also attend as regional fair directors, judges and parents. There is a representativefrom Florida on the advisory council for the international science and engineering fair and the executive director is a member of the best practices committee for isef.

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 93% 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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 99
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 44
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 97.8%; rating input score 98

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: -18.2%; rating input score 8; 8th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.3; rating input score 83; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 74; 74th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 1% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -0.3% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 9.9% per year; rating input score 100; 59th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 97.8% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $167K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 8/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.