Oliver a Ruff Educational & Mentoring Scholarship Nfp

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364680808
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2023
Location
Evanston, IL, USA
Phone
8479025915
Rating
82
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards

Reported finances

Revenue
$71,340
Expenses
$23,929
Assets
$143,197
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

11 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • ROBERT F PRESSOIR (PRESIDENT)

People named in this filing

  • ROBERT F PRESSOIR (PRESIDENT)
  • MARY GAVIN (DIRECTOR)
  • RUDOLPH MEO (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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

The oliver a. Ruff education and mentoring scholarship (oar) is dedicated to empowering the next generation of learners and leaders by fostering academic excellence, community engagement, and a commitment to high standards. Inspired by the legacy of oliver a. Ruff, whose lifelong devotion to education and mentorship exemplified the principles of "high expectations; no exceptions; no excuses," oar provides scholarships and ongoing mentorship assistance to support disadvantaged students who are pursuing post-high school education at an accredited institution in achieving their full potential and creating change in their communities

What it reported doing in 2025

Provided scholarships and ongoing mentorship assistance to qualified evanston township high school students from underserved backgrounds

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 87% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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.

The verdict

STRONG - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of total spending goes to programs. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and some filed totals do not add up.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 45.5%; rating input score 46
  • Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100

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: 66.5%; rating input score 94; 94th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 5.98; rating input score 86; 86th 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: 26.7% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 10.3% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 39.7% per year; rating input score 100; 93rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 45.5% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $32K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 11 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 9 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
  • Schedules: 4 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 — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 46/100.
  • Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Part III program expenses within total did not reconcile in the filed values.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.