Pretty Brainy Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
800958846
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2015–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2014
Location
Loveland, CO, USA
Phone
7202031749
Rating
97
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Youth Development Programs

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$60,224
Expenses
$73,466
Assets
$70,365
Liabilities
$0

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

Leadership & pay

3 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • HEIDI OLINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

People named in this filing

  • HEIDI OLINGER (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)
  • MENNA BALGOPAL (DIRECTOR)
  • ROBIN L STELLE (DIRECTOR)

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

Pretty brainy empowers girls to develop their steam abilities as a force for innovation and growth.pretty brainy is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, scientific and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501(c)(3) of the internal revenue code. The primary exempt purpose of pretty brainy is to empower girls to develop their steam abilities and genius as a force for innovation and growth, positively impacting their communities and world. (steam is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, art + design, and math.) we create and deliver learning experiences through which girls ages 10 to 18 use steam to take action for the community while gaining mentoring, learning with subject-matter experts, and achieving real-world outcomes.

What it reported doing in 2025

Women in science k-12 science outreachservice: collaborated in engaging 600 students at the third-grade level in hands-on science, chiefly the science of electricity at its intersection with creativity.pretty brainy collaborated to engage 600 students in grade 3 in hands-on science learning. The goal: engage girls in real science at an age when girls' voluntary participation in science learning begins to diminish. Number of students pretty brainy directly served: 300. Science learning through which we served students: the science of electricity, specifically building circuits into science notebooks, which students kept after the workshop. Twelve scientists and science educators joined our core team to mentor students and help increase their perspective on who real scientists are and what they do. The overall vision of the program: empower girls to see themselves as scientists and expand their vision of the studies and careers they have an opportunity to pursue.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% 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: 38
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 99.5%; 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: -22%; rating input score 21; 21st percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.96; rating input score 46; 46th 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: 22.7% per year; rating input score 100; 83rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 8.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 10.1% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 99.5% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $73K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 3 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 10 filing years from 2015 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 21/100.
  • Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 46/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.