Nasa College Scholarship Fund Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
760039071
IRS 990 coverage
2020–2024
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Phone
2814835113
Rating
83
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$48,239
Expenses
$72,704
Assets
$1,200,837
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

13 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • SCOTT WOOD (PRESIDENT)
  • STEPHANIE CASTILLO (VICE PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ANNE ROEMER (JSC, CHAIR)
  • DANA WEIGEL (JSC, BOARD MEMBER)
  • HOWARD HU (JSC, BOARD MEMBER)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The nasa college scholarship fund, inc. Was established on october 20, 1982 as a Texas nonprofit corporation to receive charitable contributions for the purpose of awarding college scholarships to full-time students in the science and engineering fields. Scholarship recipients are limited to dependents of current or retired employees of the national aeronautics and space administration (nasa), dependents of current reimbursable detailees to nasa or former dependents of nasa employees or former reimbursable detailees to nasa who died in the line of duty for nasa.the ncsf promotes science, tech, engineering and stem education. Stem education enhances the broad intellectual capacities of students and remains one of the best means for determining appropriate responses to significant societal issues.

What it reported doing in 2024

The ncsf promotes science, tech, engineering and stem education. Stem education enhances the broad intellectual capacities of students and remains one of the best means for determining appropriate responses to significant societal issues.

Operating model

Revenue model
Investment-supported. 63% of the money available for current operations came from recurring investment income.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 100% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 86
  • Transparency & Controls: 93
  • Accountability: 76
  • Sustainability: 51
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 91.5%; rating input score 91
  • Fundraising efficiency: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 80th 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: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Fail
    • Whistleblower policy: Fail
    • Document-retention policy: Fail
    • CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Fail
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -50.7%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 16.52; rating input score 75; 75th 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 60; 60th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 13.7% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -33.9% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 7.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 91.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 9 of 9 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $66K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 13 people listed
  • Consistency: 17 of 17 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes grants
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 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.

  • Moderate — Accountability: Governance controls: 4 of 7 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.