FutureFrontier Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 993315723
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Whitestone, NY, USA
- Phone
- 6463413544
- Rating
- 64
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Youth Development Programs
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,411
- Expenses
- $10,411
- Assets
- $0
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Xiaoying Zhang (President)
People named in this filing
- Cheuk Ling Jackelyn Thru 122024 (Director)
- Jiaqun Yao Thru 122024 (Director)
- Lili Fan Thru 122024 (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
FutureFrontier Foundation is dedicated to inspiring, educating, and engaging youth in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).
What it reported doing in 2024
Shanghai Exhibition - "Interstellar Migration": an educational aerospace exhibition in Shanghai titled Interstellar Migration, aimed at fostering curiosity about space exploration while highlighting the beauty and diversity of our home planet. The exhibition integrated dynamic multimedia elementsincluding photographs, original artwork, infographics, and video contentshowcasing the latest advancements in space technology by NASA and CNSA. Attendees explored detailed 3D models of the International Space Station, rockets, Mars rovers, and various space shuttles. Designed to inspire the next generation of explorers, the event attracted over 1,300 visitors and received more than 150,000 online views.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- 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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up. 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: 45
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 28
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45%; rating input score 45
- Program expense ratio: 45%; rating input score 45
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: 0%; rating input score 45; 45th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 45% of revenue deployed · 45% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 45/100.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 45/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 45/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.