Melbourne Makerspace

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
463226722
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2025–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Melbourne, FL, USA
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Adult, Continuing Education

Reported finances

Revenue
$83,870
Expenses
$77,301
Assets
$32,803

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Mike Case (President)

People named in this filing

  • Mike Case (President)
  • Glenn Miller (Treasurer)
  • Mark Matthews (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

Melbourne Makerspace is primarily an education facility where different disciplines are taught such as laser engraving 3d printing woodworking metal machining pottery arts & crafts as well as electronics and programming. The facility hosts open houses for teh public who are welcome to utilize any of the equipment within the makerspace either on their own or with the assistance of volunteersduring teh open houses.Melbourne Makerspace hosted between 300-400 people in 2025 during these open houses.

What it reported doing in 2025

Membership & Community - The makerspace is a workplace open to our members and the public. The workplace offers various tools and equipment available to the membership and to the public for their projects. Members receive open access to the workplace 24 hours a day 7 days a week. The public gains access to the workplace during open houses or approximately 10 hours per week. During the open houses the public is welcome to come into the workplace and use any of the tools equipment they are familiar with. For those not familiar with a piece of equipment or tool the makerspace has volunteers that can show the public how to use the tools equipment safely or they can assist them with their project. our volunteers are familiar with the tools and equipment and are available to help train those unfamiliar with the tools equipment. The expenses are associated with the purchase re[air and maintenance of all of the equipment and tools. Expenses also include rent utilities supplies etc

Operating model

Revenue model
Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
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

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 95
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 42
  • Growth: NotEnoughData

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 92.2%; rating input score 92
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 7.8%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.42; rating input score 28; 28th 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: Limited
  • Revenue growth: Limited
  • Asset growth: Limited

Details

  • Where the money goes: 92.2% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $77K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 7 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 28/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 57/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.