Inspired by Science

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
844063266
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Carlsbad, NM, USA
Phone
5753026694
Rating
89
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Educational Services and Schools - Other

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$101,964
Expenses
$67,340
Assets
$170,908
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Deena Antiporda (President)
  • Michele Robertson (Vice President)
  • Deena Antiporda (Executive Director)

People named in this filing

  • Deena Antiporda (President)
  • Michele Robertson (Vice President)
  • Lisa Nesbit (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

The organization's primary exempt purpose is to educate elementary-age children in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math through events providing hands-on activities.

What it reported doing in 2024

Our program services include summer camps and workshops throughout the year for elementary-age children. At our events, they gain valuable knowledge about science, technology, engineering, and math concepts. Our goal is to encourage children to consider STEM-based studies and careers in the future. Our summer camps each impact approximately 100 kids, while the impact of our workshops varies. Many of our events involve families so our impact count includes kids as well as adults. Our total impact for this reporting year is 2,093 individuals. We have a waiver program in place for our summer camp that allows a set number of disadvantaged children to attend for free, thanks to grants and donations received.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 92% 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

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Some filed totals do not add up and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 80
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 75
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 68.4%; rating input score 68
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 34%; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.54; rating input score 86; 86th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 44.7%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 11.5% per year; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 3.3% per year; rating input score 100; 39th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 27.1% per year; rating input score 100; 86th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 68.4% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $70K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2022 to 2024
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
  • 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 — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.