Mystembuddy
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 832275153
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2021
- Forms available
- Form 990 2020, Form 990-EZ 2021
- Location
- Naperville, IL, USA
- Phone
- 2699298546
- Rating
- 52
- Verdict
- MIXED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Elementary, Secondary Education, K - 12
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $10,304
- Expenses
- $10,215
- Assets
- $947
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2021. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
3 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Kamlesh Suthar (President)
People named in this filing
- Gayatri Mistri (Treasurer)
- Kamlesh Suthar (President)
- Sarath Jayaraman (Chairperson)
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 2021. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
MySTEMbuddy offers classes in coding, electronics, science, technology, math, robotics, engineering, product development, and more. Courses are designed to teach students to explore their interests in the field of STEM and use their critical thinking and problem-solving abilities to learn new skills.
What it reported doing in 2021
Preparing teams for robotics competitions. A total of 10 high school level students benefited. in outreach, we might have reached 250-300 students and numerous parents.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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 revenue has grown recently. 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: 21
- Transparency & Controls: 91
- Sustainability: 37
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 20.7%; rating input score 21
- Program expense ratio: 20.9%; rating input score 21
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 88.9%; rating input score 89; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 0.9%; rating input score 41; 41st percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.09; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 110.2% per year; rating input score 100; 98th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 20.7% of revenue deployed · 20.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $2K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
- Schedules: 3 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.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 21/100.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 21/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III transfer expenses within program total did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 41/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 9/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.