On-ramps to Careers Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 464824282
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2017–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024, Form 990-N 2017
- Location
- Washington, DC, USA
- Phone
- 2027689004
- Rating
- 83
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $475,302
- Expenses
- $484,144
- Assets
- $131,746
- Liabilities
- $3,969
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
14 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- HILARY JONES (MANAGING DIRECTOR): $99,744 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
On-ramps to careers (on-ramps) (non-profit organization) makes promising technology career paths more attainable for underserved students in the national capital region. We empower future leaders and employers to grow a more diverse, inclusive and prosperous talent pipeline for regional economic development and impact. We do this though: internships that inspire students to hone their stem skills and create valuable relationships with stem professionals stem career training, work-based learning and placement crucial partnerships with employers and community, education and training institutions
What it reported doing in 2024
On-ramps stem intern program provides summer technology internships and training to students in Washington, dc. The organization currently work with administration and staff at seven Washington dc public and public charter schools, including: anacostia, cardozo, dunbar, friendship collegiate academy, hd woodson, mckinley technology, phelps architecture, construction and engineering, and wilson high school to recruit dc students and alumni interested in pursuing technology related careers. Students participate in pre-internship trainings such as resume building, interview preparation, communication skills. Students interview and are matched with partnering companies based on their current skills and careers interests. During their six-week internships students are supported by on-ramps staff with additional trainings, site visits and check-ins.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- 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. Some filing-based governance responses are negative or unanswered and fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 81
- Transparency & Controls: 92
- Accountability: 84
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 86.2%; rating input score 86
- Program expense ratio: 84.7%; rating input score 85
- Fundraising efficiency: $11.22 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 42; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: Limited
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: Limited
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 5 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 62
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Fail
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Fail
- Independent financial-statement audit: Fail
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -1.9%; rating input score 35; 35th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.27; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.03; rating input score 37; 37th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 20.6%; rating input score 19; 19th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 16.1% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 11.8% per year; rating input score 100; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 2% per year; rating input score 100; 33rd percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 86.2% of revenue deployed · 84.7% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 8 of 8 board members independent · 5 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $410K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $100K · 14 people listed
- Consistency: 25 of 25 current checks pass
- Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors
- Filing history: 8 filing years from 2017 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- Related organizations: Filed and resolved organization relationships.
- 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.
- Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 3 of 8 not reported.
- Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 42/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 35/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 19/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 37/100.