Renaissance 21
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 260687369
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2020–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2024, Form 990-N 2016
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Phone
- 2066047445
- Rating
- 75
- Verdict
- SUPPORTED
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Philanthropy, Charity, Voluntarism Promotion
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $115,669
- Expenses
- $132,196
- Assets
- $69,369
- Liabilities
- $0
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
10 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Julian K Saint Clair PhD (President & Executive Director)
People named in this filing
- Julian K Saint Clair PhD (President & Executive Director)
- Adrienne Pruszynski (Program Director & Executive Board Member)
- Bethany Saint Clair (Executive Board Member)
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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Educational and charitable program development
What it reported doing in 2024
Star Tech Global Academy's Project Lift Off workshop series was successfully completed at Magnuson Community Center between November 2024 and May 2025. Ultimately this project served a diverse group of 18 participants, of whom 13 completed the full workshop series: 7 teens (ages 16-18) and 6 adults (ages 43-67), all 13 from low-income communities. The program offered free workshops that provided participants with devices, internet connectivity, digital literacy skills, job market readiness, and online certificates. Participants were guided through identifying and enrolling in relevant in-demand online certificate programs on Coursera as well as making progress toward completing their desired programs. The project included a 2-month Training Phase with workshops on digital literacy and job readiness as well as certificate progress. This was followed by a 4-month Practice Phase with bi-weekly check-ins and peer support to encourage certificate progress, as well as mentorship and support from diverse community members. By the project's end, 12 certificates were surprisingly actually completed within the time frame of the project, while additional certificates are still in progress. Exit surveys show 100% of participants reporting increases in STEAM interest, confidence, and belonging. Participant 1, age 16: "I liked how encouraging the workshop was for students and how flexible and the program is because it gives people time to efficiently finish their courses" Participant 2, age 44: "I came into this program wanting to find a job in IT, but I didn't know where to start. Through Project Lift Off, I was able to complete my Coursera certificate in Software development, and now I feel confident applying for tech jobs." The 2024 expenses were $27,715, The reimbursement grant was for $35,000.
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
SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and program spending has grown recently. A relatively small share of total spending goes to programs and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 57
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 27
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 59.8%; rating input score 60
- Program expense ratio: 52.4%; rating input score 52
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: -14.3%; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.52; rating input score 39; 39th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 43.5%; rating input score 6; 6th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 21.8% per year; rating input score 100; 78th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 17.7% per year; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 10% per year; rating input score 100; 61st percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 59.8% of revenue deployed · 52.4% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $69K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 10 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2020 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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.
- Review — Financial Efficiency: Program expense ratio scored 52/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 12/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 39/100.
- High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 6/100.