Michigan Science Olympiad

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
382677229
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2013–2024
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2024
Location
St Clair Shores, MI, USA
Phone
5862921905
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$131,507
Expenses
$166,045
Assets
$187,987

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

Leadership & pay

21 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • PAUL VOYDANOFF (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • PAUL VOYDANOFF (PRESIDENT)
  • JULIE HEIN (VICE PRESIDE)
  • RACHEL LOSEE (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Promote and improve student knowledge in all sciences

What it reported doing in 2024

Promotion of 11 regional tournaments in which 402 Michigan secondary schools registered to participate. Expenses include trophies, medals, travel reimbursements for tournament officials, coaches training and workshops.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 95% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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 - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 75
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 29
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 82.1%; rating input score 82
  • Program expense ratio: 64.3%; rating input score 64

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -26.3%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.13; rating input score 64; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 0.2% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.6% per year; rating input score 100; 24th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 4.1% per year; rating input score 100; 41st percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 82.1% of revenue deployed · 64.3% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $107K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2013 to 2024
  • 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 6/100.