National Science & Technology Education Partnership
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 521064486
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2016, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- McLean, VA, USA
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- Chambers of Commerce & Business Leagues
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $0
- Expenses
- $35,335
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
7 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Patricia Christian (President)
People named in this filing
- William Lane (Trustee)
- Peter McCloskey (Chairman)
- Skip West (Treasurer)
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
The National Science & Technology Education Partnership (NSTEP) was originally established in 1977 as the Electronics Industry Foundation. The mission of this non-profit, 501 (c)(3)organization was to harness the power, interest and good will of the electronics industry for the advancement of science and technology education in Americab
What it reported doing in 2024
NSTEP Study Buddy is a student to student internet tutoring program designed to address low math scores of underperforming middle and high school students. Study Buddy uses the latest internet technology to offer tutoring solely over the internet.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 32
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 7
- Growth: 0
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: 84%; rating input score 84
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: Limited
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: -19.6% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -14.8% per year; rating input score 0; 18th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -11.8% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 84% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $30K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2017 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: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.