National Storm Chaser Summit
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 844723905
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2024–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025
- Location
- Burkburnett, TX, USA
- Rating
- 89
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $192,300
- Expenses
- $185,870
- Assets
- $55,317
- Liabilities
- $42,179
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Erik Fox (President)
- Ed Grubb (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Erik Fox (President)
- Ed Grubb (Vice President)
- Jennifer Ast (Officer)
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
This organization is organized exclusively for Scholarship and Scientific Education purposes that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. The National Storm Chaser Summit is a gathering of Meteorologists Storm Chasers first responders emergency managers and enthusiasts who attend for training education and scientific operations in climate and severe weather. Safety is our priority in this training. Any profit goes to scholarships and donations to disaster relief.
What it reported doing in 2025
The National Storm Chaser Summit is an organization organized exclusively for Scholarship and Scientific Education purposes that qualify as exempt organizations under section 501c3 of the Internal Revenue Code or the corresponding section of any future federal tax code. More specifically the Summit is a gathering of Meteorologists Storm Chasers first responders emergency managers and enthusiasts who attend for training education and scientific operations in climate and severe weather. Safety is our priority in this training. Any profit goes to scholarships and donations to disaster relief. In this reporting period we held our annual educational event with over 700 attendees. During this event we created an environment for scientific researchers to collaborate. We also provided several safety-related sessions to include over 50 people becoming CPR certified. On top of our annual educational event we introduced an online platform to increase the training and education for beginners and advanced education in atmospheric science which enhanced public safety throughout the year. This platform served over 200,000 people. At the end of the year we were able to provide three scholarships at $1,500 each through private donations fundraising and a portion of our remaining funds from our annual event.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Earned-program. 77% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
- 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
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 98
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 96.7%; rating input score 97
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 3.3%; rating input score 40; 40th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.3; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.76; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 43.1% per year; rating input score 100; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 41.4% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 88.1% per year; rating input score 100; 97th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 96.7% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $186K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 40/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 6/100.