National Society of Black Engineers
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 742616288
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2021–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2020
- Location
- Austin, TX, USA
- Phone
- 5126559082
- Rating
- 70
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Engineering
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $27,998
- Expenses
- $22,978
- Assets
- $62,994
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
2 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- LaDeitra Lee (President)
People named in this filing
- Ecleamus Ricks (Treasurer)
- LaDeitra Lee (President)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
The mission of NSBE is to increase the number of culturally responsible Black Engineers who excel academically, succeed professionally and positively impact the community. Our chapter strives to fulfill the mission by: 1. Exposing K-12 students to STEM by partnering with local non-profit organizations and targeted program development 2. Serve as a source of mentorship and professional guidance for local collegiate students 3. Invest into the personal and professional development of our membership
What it reported doing in 2025
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Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 97% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 77% for direct work, and 23% for grants.
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 a relatively small share of total spending goes to programs.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 50
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 69
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 45.8%; rating input score 46
- Program expense ratio: 55.8%; rating input score 56
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 17.9%; rating input score 70; 70th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.74; rating input score 73; 73rd percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 66; 66th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 13% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -12.8% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -0.2% per year; rating input score 0; 37th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 45.8% of revenue deployed · 55.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments · $13K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2021 to 2025
- 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.