For A Reason Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 454537144
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
- Location
- Upland, CA, USA
- Phone
- 9097305282
- Rating
- 86
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- International Relief
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $171,340
- Expenses
- $127,249
- Assets
- $330,849
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DENISE GIDEON (Executive Director)
- SERENA BEEKS (President)
- RICHARD MANUSCO (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- DENISE GIDEON (Executive Director)
- DENNIS GIDEON (Secretary)
- SERENA BEEKS (President)
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
Advance Education
What it reported doing in 2025
2025 continues to present challenges for the organization with food and housing insecurity, continued civil unrest throughout the country, nd the closing of long established school. We have continued our support of 47 students at various places in their educational journeys We celebrated the graduation of a business student and a nursing student. One medical student awaits the reopening of a hospital so he can complete his internship. With the gang invasion of the Central Plateau region many of our students and their families were displaced and continue to face relocation difficulties, but a priority remains the education of their children and we continue to support these families in their efforts.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 96% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 93% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. No material rating questions were generated from the available inputs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 74
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 78
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 66.5%; rating input score 66
- Program expense ratio: 87.8%; rating input score 88
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: 25.7%; rating input score 78; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.6; rating input score 86; 86th 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: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 24.3% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 66.5% of revenue deployed · 87.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $112K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2015 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.