Pearland Robotic Booster Organization

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
471542197
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2022–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2021
Location
Pearland, TX, USA
Phone
2814518926
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Alliance/Advocacy Organizations

Reported finances

Revenue
$137,144
Expenses
$137,977
Assets
$54,385
Liabilities
$4,181

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

Leadership & pay

6 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Beth Theroff (President)
  • Valerie Pathasema (Vice President, Committees)

People named in this filing

  • Beth Theroff (President)
  • Valerie Pathasema (Vice President, Committees)
  • Tony Kurek (VP of Travel)

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 Pearland Robotic Booster Organization's (PRBO) mission is to further interest in science and technology through a fun competitive environment developed around building a robot to compete in robotics competitions. PRBO supports Pearadox 5414, which is an extra-curricular FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) robotics team consisting of three high schools in Pearland Independent School District. Students are provided the skills needed for the future, such as creativity, Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM), leadership, teamwork, and many more. In addition, the team provides an early introduction to engineering, business, and art, with hands-on experience and under the guidance of professional mentors. Supported activities include (but are not limited to) community outreach and fundraising, educational outreach such as League sponsorship, and competing with the robot at competitions.

What it reported doing in 2025

Pearland Robotics Booster Organization has directly enabled over 400 students the opportunity to participate in STEM extracurricular teams, groups, and competitions. Indirectly, those supported by the non-profit have impacted thousands of others through outreach, demonstrations, and resource creation. Additionally, the groups supported by the non-profit have gone on to consistently compete at the For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) world championships level.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 85% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
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. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 33
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

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

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -0.6%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.39; rating input score 32; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.08; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 17.3% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 9.5% per year; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 14% per year; rating input score 100; 68th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $138K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 4 filing years from 2022 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
  • 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.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 32/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.