Hlma Educational Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 251768583
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2014–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
- Location
- Harrisburg, PA, USA
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Educational Services and Schools - Other
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $86,586
- Expenses
- $10,000
- Assets
- $228,031
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Fred Strathmeyer (President)
People named in this filing
- Fred Strathmeyer (President)
- Michelle McManus (Secretary)
- Brant Forcey (Chairman)
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
The nonprofits primary mission is to offer educational programs focused on the hardwood lumber manufacturing industry. These programs aim to educate the public on critical topics such as environmental impacts of timber harvesting sustainable resource utilization collaborative educational initiatives with various stakeholders including industry environmental organizations regulatory bodies and academic institutions as well as providing scholarships to support the industrys workforce. These efforts are designed to enhance awareness and knowledge within the community about the industrys practices and sustainability efforts.
What it reported doing in 2025
Committees were formed in 2025 to determine which organizations or initiatives most closely align with HLMA Educational Inc. mission to educate the general public as well as encourage students to follow a career path related to the industry. Expenditures will be made in 2026.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and revenue comfortably covers expenses. 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: 24
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 81
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 6.2%; rating input score 6
- Program expense ratio: 53.5%; rating input score 54
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 88.5%; rating input score 98; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 22.8; rating input score 96; 96th 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: -23.2% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.8% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 6.2% of revenue deployed · 53.5% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $5K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2014 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 6/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 54/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.