Proto Inc
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 300857887
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2015–2017
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2017
- Location
- Green Bay, WI, USA
- Phone
- 9205699888
- Rating
- 85
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Arts Education
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $23,836
- Expenses
- $22,171
- Assets
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2017. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
9 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Dennis Rockhill (President)
- Jonathan Hill (Vice President)
People named in this filing
- Dennis Rockhill (President)
- Jonathan Hill (Vice President)
- Tim Hornberger (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 2017. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To provide tools, materials, mentoring and space to enable individuals - children and adults - to actively participate in hands-on development of skills in STEM, art and design.
What it reported doing in 2017
Provide tools, materials, mentoring and space to enable individuals - children and adults - to actively participate in hands-on development of skills in STEM, art and design.
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
- 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. Revenue has declined or grown slowly and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 96
- Transparency & Controls: 82
- Sustainability: 35
- Growth: 40
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 93%; rating input score 93
- Program expense ratio: 100%; rating input score 100
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Limited
Sustainability
- Operating margin: 7%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd 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: 2.5% per year; rating input score 100; 57th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -13.2% per year; rating input score 0; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: -33.8% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 93% of revenue deployed · 100% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $22K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 9 people listed
- Consistency: 5 of 5 current checks pass
- Schedules: 4 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2015 to 2017
- 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 — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 59/100.
- High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.