Plextech

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
921489721
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2023–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Berkeley, CA, USA
Rating
34
Verdict
REVIEW
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Computer Science

Reported finances

Revenue
$49,846
Expenses
$55,947
Assets
$3,779

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

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Merrick Zheng (President)
  • Andy Yang (Vice President of Projects)
  • Dylan Dang (Vice President of Curriculum)
  • Katia Bernabe (Vice President of Public Relations)
  • Richard Wei (Vice President of Internal)
  • Yash Kumar (Vice President of Internal)

People named in this filing

  • Merrick Zheng (President)
  • Andy Yang (Vice President of Projects)
  • Dylan Dang (Vice President of Curriculum)

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

Software Consulting and Education for Students at UC Berkeley.

What it reported doing in 2025

Bentley Systems; Bentley Systems contracted us to work on a project for Spring 2025. During this project a team of around 6-8 students developed educational content and interactive activities using MicroStation created videos to guide students through a complete design project and worked on computer-assisted grading tools to evaluate student submissions against model solutions.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 100% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
Distribution model
No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

The verdict

REVIEW - The filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 0
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 23
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 0%; rating input score 0
  • 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: -12.2%; rating input score 27; 27th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.07; rating input score 11; 11th 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: -35.1% per year; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -64.1% per year; rating input score 0; 3rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 0% of revenue deployed
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 3 filed program accomplishments
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 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.

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 27/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.