Maine Robotics

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
202639766
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2020
Forms available
Form 990 2018, Form 990-EZ 2020
Location
Orono, ME, USA
Phone
2078664340
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Computer Science

Reported finances

Revenue
$123,744
Expenses
$123,036
Assets
$42,187
Liabilities
$12,655

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

4 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Thomas Bickford (President)

People named in this filing

  • Jan Roberts (Secretary)
  • W Tom Sawyer Jr (Treasurer)
  • Tim Fitzgerald (Director)

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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Education

What it reported doing in 2020

Educational opportunities for teachers, robotic coaches, parents and youth. The areas of engineering, computer programming, technology and robotics are key to all programs offered.

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 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. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 25
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 65.6%; rating input score 66
  • Program expense ratio: 65.9%; rating input score 66

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: 0.6%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.34; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 8.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -4% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.5% per year; rating input score 100; 31st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 65.6% of revenue deployed · 65.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $81K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2011 to 2020
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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 — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 22/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 21/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 29/100.