Inventor Forge
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 811148476
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2025–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2024
- Location
- Saint Peters, MO, USA
- Phone
- 6364851015
- Rating
- 47
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $60,452
- Expenses
- $52,263
- Assets
- $114,621
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- Nikki Bernard (Chairman)
- George Fetters (Treasurer)
- Rhonda Goodwin (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Inventor Forge is organized and shall be operated exclusively for educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3). of the Internal Revenue Code. In furtherance of the forgoing purposes, the Corporation shall: a. Establish and maintain a makerspace in St. Charles county, mo where the Corporation's members can meet, socialize and collaborate on subjects such as Computers, Manufacturing, Technology, Science and Art. b. Promote community interest and involvement in Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math. (STEAM) also known as (STEM) by providing technology demonstrations and education the form of seminars to the residents of St. Charles County.
What it reported doing in 2025
In 2025, Inventor Forge Maker Space successfully operated a community-based collaborative workspace dedicated to fostering education in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) and STEAM (adding Arts) disciplines. The organization provided over [Number] members and local community participants with affordable access to industrial-grade equipment and expert-led safety and skills training. This is in support of 147 community members. Youth Robotics & Mentorship: Served as a primary host and technical resource for FIRST Robotics teams. We provided the space, tooling, and volunteer mentorship necessary for students to design, build, and program competitive robots, directly impacting [Number] students and fostering the next generation of engineers and problem-solvers. In support of approximately 20 Students and mentors.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Membership-supported. 98% of the money available for current operations came from membership dues.
- 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
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: 21
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 65
- Growth: NotEnoughData
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 19.8%; rating input score 20
- Program expense ratio: 22.9%; rating input score 23
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 13.5%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.19; rating input score 68; 68th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: Limited
- Asset growth: Limited
Details
- Where the money goes: 19.8% of revenue deployed · 22.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $12K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- 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: Mission deployment rate scored 20/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 23/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.