Mu Alpha Theta Natl High School & Two-year College Mathematics Honor
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 736097246
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2010–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990 2025
- Location
- Norman, OK, USA
- Phone
- 4053250144
- Rating
- 46
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $729,186
- Expenses
- $914,280
- Assets
- $1,135,071
- Liabilities
- $205
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
12 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- DR RADLEIGH SANTOS (PRESIDENT)
Highest reported compensation
- DANA WADE (EXECUTIVE DI): $110,260 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Mu alpha theta promotes the enjoyment and scholarship of mathematics to high school and two-year college students by providing math-related activities and resources. The organization provides grants to its members and chapters so they may participate in math competitions and promote the enjoyment of mathematics within their communities. Scholarships and grants are awarded to mathematically talented members to help reduce the financial burden of attending math summer programs and our convention. The organization supports multiple free mathematics competitions for its members. Additionally, mu alpha theta provides free graphing calculators, assorted merchandise, and math-related items as prizes to its chapters.
What it reported doing in 2025
Mu alpha theta, the national high school and two-year college mathematics honor society, continued to support several mathematics competitions. Students who compete in mathematics competitions often enjoy mathematics and pursue the topic at higher levels, which may include pursuing a mathematics, science, or mathematics education career. The log1 contest, rocket city math league competition, and mathematical minutes video contest served more than 4,000 participants in the u.s. And in foreign countries. These competitions were offered free of charge. The rocket city math league was open to all middle-school through two-year college students. Prizes included certificates, trophies, plaques, mathematical games, and puzzles. In mu alpha theta's free math minutes video contest, students made fun, educational, short videos to teach math lessons to other students. Videos were scored on their originality, accuracy, and "wow" factor. Winners' videos were posted online and their chapters were given cash awards. Mu alpha theta supported the american mathematics competition and the u.s. Mathematics olympiad team by providing financial support and prizes to finalists. The organization also provided prizes and financial support to 11 additional organizations' math competitions. Mu alpha theta also provided other prizes to chapters running math competitions for middle school and high school students.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 95% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- Distribution model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.
The verdict
MIXED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. 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: 0
- Transparency & Controls: 83
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 30
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
- Program expense ratio: 0%; rating input score 0
- Fundraising efficiency: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 87.5%; rating input score 88; 3rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 91.4%; rating input score 91; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -25.4%; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 1.24; rating input score 50; 50th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 11.5%; rating input score 33; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -12.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 2.6% per year; rating input score 100; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed · 0% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments
- Leadership: top reported pay $110K · 12 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 11 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules · includes grants
- Filing history: 15 filing years from 2010 to 2025
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
- Related organizations: 3 filed related-organization links
- 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 0/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 0/100.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 5/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Transparency & Controls: Domestic grant itemization did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Review — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 50/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 33/100.