Harvard Student Agencies Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 042230366
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025, Form 990-T 2025
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, USA
- Phone
- 6174959639
- Rating
- 69
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $3,633,297
- Expenses
- $3,183,706
- Assets
- $12,629,655
- Liabilities
- $1,129,446
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
30 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- JUSTIN RICKETTS (VICE PRESIDENT)
- TODD BRISKY (GENERAL MGR/CEO)
- ASHA KHURANA (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- TODD BRISKY (GENERAL MGR/CEO): $72,383 total reported compensation
- PAULA MARKMAN (CFO): $51,623 total reported compensation
- SARAH MILLER (CCO): $43,504 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Harvard student agencies, inc. Was incorporated on september 10, 1957, undermassachusetts law to "conduct business enterprises for the benefit ofstudents of harvard university who are in need of financial assistance todefray the expenses of their education; to employ such students in theconduct of such enterprises:...to perform all of its activities primarilyfor the benefit and convenience of the students, faculty members andemployees of harvard university subject to the control of the facultymembers, administrative personnel and students of harvard university throughthe board of directors of the corporation...to contribute to, and further, the educational program of harvard university;."the income from the business enterprises (agencies) is considered to be totally exempt in accordance with reg 1.513 (e) (2) of the code except forthose instances where goods and services are provided to the general publicthe following agencies
What it reported doing in 2025
Statement of program service accomplishmentsdistribution services agency: revenue 56,026 expenses 19,330cleaners agency: revenue 1,045,429, expenses 957,988tutoring agency: revenue 398,370, expenses 547,788academy agency: revenue 1,804,206, expenses 1,096105campus insights: revenue 9,950, expenses 13,392totals: revenue 3,313,891, expenses 2,634,603
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 92% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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 voting board members are independent and some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 67
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 31
- Sustainability: 64
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 70%; rating input score 70
- Program expense ratio: 82.8%; rating input score 83
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 29.2%; rating input score 29; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 33
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: Fail
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 12.4%; rating input score 61; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 3.97; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.09; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 5.4%; rating input score 54; 54th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 6.3% per year; rating input score 100; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 38th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.4% per year; rating input score 100; 35th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 70% of revenue deployed · 82.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 7 of 24 board members independent · 3 of 9 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $2.6M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $72K · 30 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 5 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 2 filed related-organization links
- 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 — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 29/100.
- Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 6 of 9 not reported.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 50/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 54/100.