Morpho Institute

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
832272747
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2023, Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2022
Location
Grosse Pointe, MI, USA
Phone
9132146126
Rating
67
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$106,703
Expenses
$65,580
Assets
$129,741
Liabilities
$3,127

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROSANNA RUIZ (President)

People named in this filing

  • CHRISTA DILLABAUGH (TreasurerDirector)
  • ROSANNA RUIZ (President)
  • KIRSTEN FRANKLIN (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

Amazon conservation through education

What it reported doing in 2024

AMAZON RESEARCH INITIATIVE FOR EDUCATORS (ARIE): 2024 was the third year of ARIE, a 10-day field program uniting U.S. and Peruvian partners. Twelve U.S. educators, three Peruvian graduate students, seven scientists, and four local guides conducted research on Amazon biodiversity. Participants explored plat phenology, animal behavior, and community-based conservation with the Indigenous Maijuna. By linking educators to long-term research and cross-culteral collaboration, ARIE equips them to bring authentic scientific inquiry into classrooms, inspiring students and deepening their understanding of global conservation.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 62% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 87% 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 revenue comfortably covers expenses. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 46
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Sustainability: 77
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 37.4%; rating input score 37
  • Program expense ratio: 60.9%; rating input score 61

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 90.9%; rating input score 91; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 38.5%; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.98; rating input score 80; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.02; rating input score 36; 36th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: Limited
  • Revenue growth: 19% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 36.7% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 37.4% of revenue deployed · 60.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 5 filed program accomplishments · $40K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 7 of 8 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
  • 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 37/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part I part ii net assets crosscheck did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 36/100.