Qc Elite Team 648

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
470891379
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2019–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
Moline, IL, USA
Phone
3097810615
Rating
77
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Education N.E.C.

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$35,234
Expenses
$40,034
Assets
$4,320
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Lesli Shaheen (President)

People named in this filing

  • Lesli Shaheen (President)
  • Kathleen Resig (Treasurer and Secretary)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To further education by inspiring young people to be science and technology leaders and innovators, by engaging them in an exciting mentor-based program that builds science, engineering, and technology skills, that inspires innovation, and that fosters well-rounded life capabilities including self- confidence, communication, and leadership.

What it reported doing in 2023

We serve thousands of children ages 5-18 each year through our outreach at FIRST related events and STEM events as well as support of the QC STEM alliance of FIRST Lego League and FIRST Tech Challenge teams that are part of our non-profit. Our FIRST Robotics Competition team has 21 youth, who range in age from 13-18. Including our additional FIRST Tech Challenge teams, and FIRST Lego League teams we serve over 35 youth ages 5-18 with 12 volunteer mentors of various ages and stages of their careers.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 91% 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

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and a large share of available resources goes toward mission work. Program spending has declined or grown slowly and revenue has declined or grown slowly.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 71
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 32
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 74.3%; rating input score 74
  • Program expense ratio: 65.4%; rating input score 65

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: -13.6%; rating input score 29; 29th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.11; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -12.6% per year; rating input score 0; 25th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -12% per year; rating input score 0; 23rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -39.8% per year; rating input score 0; 5th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 74.3% of revenue deployed · 65.4% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $26K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 5 filing years from 2019 to 2023
  • 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: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 29/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.