Neurodiversity Education Research Center
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 813011131
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2018–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-EZ 2017, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Phoenix, AZ, USA
- Phone
- 6236934136
- Rating
- 76
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Specialized Education Institutions
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $692,581
- Expenses
- $835,430
- Assets
- $90,522
- Liabilities
- $830,403
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
11 people listed
People named in this filing
- KENNETH MIMS (CHAIRMAN)
- LASHONDA ELLS (TREASURER)
- REBECCA HITE (DIRECTOR)
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 mission of the neurodiversity education research center is to equip and prepare students for an emerging 21st century global scientific workforce. We will accomplish our mission through research-based teaching and learning strategies high-performance standards and sensory integration including behavioral, speech and occupational support. Nerc will work toward our beleif and vision that neurodiverse indivdiuals with autism can become scientists. We will acheive our vision for neurodiverse children and adults by providing opportunities for academic physical and social-emotional growth through teaching and learning science technology engineering and mathematics and supporting educators and employers in helping them be successful.
What it reported doing in 2024
The neurodiversity education research center nerc operates a stem school in phoenix az for neurodivergent students aiming to enhance education and career opportunities for those with diverse learning styles. Nerc focuses on boosting neurdiverse students success in classrooms and stem fields by offering technical support to educators and employers.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Other-operating. 92% of the money available for current operations came from other operating revenue.
- 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
SUPPORTED - 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 fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 70
- Transparency & Controls: 90
- Accountability: 76
- Sustainability: 15
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 83.1%; rating input score 83
- Program expense ratio: 68.9%; rating input score 69
- Fundraising efficiency: $2.95 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
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: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Limited
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 3 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 43
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Missing
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -20.6%; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 5; 5th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 9.17; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 81; 81st percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 19.6% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 26.5% per year; rating input score 100; 88th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 83.1% of revenue deployed · 68.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 11 of 11 board members independent · 3 of 7 filing controls reported
- Programs: 3 filed program accomplishments · $576K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
- Consistency: 39 of 41 current checks pass · 2 findings to review
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 7 filing years from 2018 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: 3 of 6 not reported.
- High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 9/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 5/100.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Functional expense sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part IX OtherSalariesAndWages column sum did not reconcile in the filed values.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 0/100.