Nvtc Foundation Dba the Equal Footing Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
542007851
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2011–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015
Location
Herndon, VA, USA
Phone
7039047878
Rating
79
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Single Organization Support

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$18,345
Expenses
$20,218
Assets
$45,497
Liabilities
$13,593

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

People named in this filing

  • DAN GONZALEZ (CHAIRMAN)
  • MIKE CARDACCI (VICE-CHAIR)
  • TIM COOK (VICE-CHAIR)

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 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The equal footing foundation (eff) provides youth development and educational programs to underserved youth in the northern Virginia area through an internationally recognized program called the "computer clubhouse." developed out of mit's media lab and the museum of science in boston, the computer clubhouse program creates an environment where students can broaden their knowledge in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (stem) while becoming fluent with new technologies all within a creative environment.

What it reported doing in 2015

Computer clubhouse: equal footing foundation (eff) provides youth development and educational programs to underserved youth in the northern Virginia area through an internationally recognized program called the "computer clubhouse." developed out of mit's media lab and the museum of science in boston, the computer clubhouse program creates an environment where students can broaden their knowledge in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (stem) while becoming fluent with new technologies. In addition to the stem-based programs, eff also provides funding for clubhouse students to attend space flight academy, participate in botball robotics tournaments and secure scholarships for post-high school education. Eff provides mentoring, homework help and various other support programs under the computer clubhouse umbrella to help students build confidence and achieve to the best of their ability those skills needed to secure a place in the community as working adults. During this fiscal year, eff provided funds to computer clubhouses to allow the purchase of computer tablets and to attend a stem conference.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Hybrid. The nonprofit split its reported program spending across 67% for direct work, and 33% for grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 73
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 43
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 76%; rating input score 76
  • Program expense ratio: 68.9%; rating input score 69

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: -10.2%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.25; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.3; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 57; 57th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -38.8% per year; rating input score 0; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -17.2% per year; rating input score 0; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -45.1% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 76% of revenue deployed · 68.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $14K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 12 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2011 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 16/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 57/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.