Gull Lake Area Robotics
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 463221701
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Battle Creek, MI, USA
- Phone
- 2699688223
- Rating
- 96
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Computer Science
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $100,743
- Expenses
- $100,718
- Assets
- $118,709
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Alan Thornton (President)
- Howard Straub (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Alan Thornton (President)
- Howard Straub (Vice President)
- Cheryl Thornton (Treasurer)
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
1. To challenge the minds of students in the greater Gull Lake area, to learn and appreciate the fields of science, technology, engineering, and business through the participation with the FIRST programs at all levels.2. To serve our community by offering opportunities for students and community members to engage in real life problem solving activities.3. To inspire students to thrive in a highly competitive time sensitive environment.4. To learn communication and cooperation skills with the team as well as the community.
What it reported doing in 2024
To educate students in Kindergarten through second grade in First Lego League Explore Robotics. We educated students in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math through hands on learning. The total number of students that benefited from this program was 36 students.
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 99% 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.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 97
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 43
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.6%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 96.6%; rating input score 97
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 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.18; rating input score 65; 65th 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: 8.4% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 4.8% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.6% of revenue deployed · 96.6% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $97K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 4 filing years from 2021 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 34/100.