Operational Sciences Institute
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 843029953
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2018–2020
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2020
- Location
- San Marino, CA, USA
- Phone
- 2134446201
- Rating confidence
- Limited
- Sector
- General Science
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $1,700
- Expenses
- $2,261
- Assets
- $994
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2020. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
4 people listed
People named in this filing
- USHA SUTLIFF (Executive Dir.)
- JIM MCDONNELL (Chairman)
- JOE GOODWIN (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 2020. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide training on scienc-based interview techniques to a range of clients, including, but not limited to, federal, state and local law enforcement officers.training will be conducted by a cadre of seasoned practitioners and scientists hired by this organization. Training will be conducted online and in-person at the client (or other designated) site. An estimated 75 percent of total time will be devoted to the development and delivery of training. The activity will be funded by a combination of government and foundation grants, and contracts or donations from private sector entities. The activity furthers our exempt purposes by providing training and education on science-based interview techniques.
What it reported doing in 2020
For this fiscal year, the entity was still in start-up mode.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent revenue detail to tell how this nonprofit funds its work.
- 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
- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 24
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: Limited
- Program expense ratio: Limited
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -33%; rating input score 24; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 20; 20th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: Limited
- Revenue growth: 5% per year; rating input score 100; 82nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 15.6% per year; rating input score 100; 80th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 4 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 2 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2018 to 2020
- 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.
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 — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 24/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 20/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.
- High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.