Gallatin Valley Robotics Center Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 452493116
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2011–2014
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2014
- Location
- Bozeman, MT, USA
- Phone
- 4065229323
- Rating
- 67
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Computer Science
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1
- Expenses
- $43,208
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2014. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Michael Simmonds (President)
- Brian Smithgall (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Michael Simmonds (President)
- Brian Smithgall (Vice President)
- Bill Clem (Secretary)
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 2014. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The primary charter of the Gallatin Valley Robotics Center (GVRC) is to provide an opportunity for high school students to work with professional engineers to design, construct and test robotic devices. These robots are typically designed to compete in regional, national and international competitions sponsored by organizations such as U.S. First and IFI Robotics. It also offers support to students who want to work on independent study projects through their school or who would like to design and construct robots for other non-competitive purposes.Robotics clubs already formed at local high schools will be our interface to the students. The GVRC will augment rather than replace these clubs. Our unique benefit to the students will be having them work closely with professionals on difficult projects with short time schedules. This will give them the experience and confidence to advance in their careers whether they chose college or a non-degreed path.We will recruit a group of selected p
What it reported doing in 2014
The Bozeman High Robotics Team was recognized as the rookie all-star team and became eligible to compete on the international level where it tied for third. The team's robot has been recognized for creative design in the most recent competition. In addition, the center designed and built a robotic cannon which taught the students about pneumatics.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 64
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
- Program expense ratio: 2.6%; rating input score 3
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -4,320,700%; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -84.8% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -30.3% per year; rating input score 0; 10th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 2.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2011 to 2014
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 3/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 1/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.