Riekes Center for Human Enhancement
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 943224127
- IRS 990 coverage
- 2012–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2024
- Location
- Menlo Park, CA, USA
- Phone
- 6503642509
- Rating
- 80
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Education N.E.C.
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $5,169,142
- Expenses
- $5,279,881
- Assets
- $13,223,185
- Liabilities
- $6,329,050
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
17 people listed
Highest reported compensation
- Mark Newton (Exec Director): $226,185 total reported compensation
Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Athletic Fitness and Nature Awareness, in an environment of non-judgment and mutual respect. Each persons uniqueness and potential is celebrated. The Riekes Center thrives on providing transformational outcomes for our students.
What it reported doing in 2024
The Riekes Center Creative Arts Department is committed to providing the best possi- ble opportunity for participants to define and accomplish their goals in the Creat- ive Arts. Guided by a professional staff of artist-educators, students are able to explore their interests and pursue their passions in an environment of support and mutual respect. We offer Music Instruction, Video Production, Visual Art, Photo- graphy, Ezine (digital magazine publishing), Electronic Music, Hip Hop and Spoken Word programs. Creative Arts students have (1) Shown their work on PBS, (2) Entered and won awards at film festivals, (3) Made a trailer that was chosen for a Star Wars Movie, (4) Gone on to UCLA and USC Film Schools, (5) Attended Musicians Institute in Hollywood, (6)Been cast on the hit TV series Glee as a regular band member, (7) Started their own film festivals, (8) Written/arranged/produced their own CDs.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Mixed. Its operating money came from several sources; no one source provided a clear majority.
- Distribution model
- Direct operator. The filing allocates 85% 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.
- Includes noncash contributions: Reported contributions include donated property or goods.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 68
- Transparency & Controls: 87
- Accountability: 96
- Sustainability: 42
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 75.5%; rating input score 76
- Program expense ratio: 72.8%; rating input score 73
- Fundraising efficiency: $4.49 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
Transparency & Controls
- Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
- Pay-setting controls: 4 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 67
- Compensation committee: Pass
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Pass
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Pass
- Board or committee approval: Pass
- Foreign activity oversight: Limited
- Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 72nd percentile among comparable filings
- Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
- Related-party transparency: Limited
Accountability
- Independent voting board: 94.1%; rating input score 94; 24th percentile among comparable filings
- Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Pass
- Document-retention policy: Pass
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: Pass
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass
Sustainability
- Operating margin: -2.1%; rating input score 26; 26th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.5; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.48; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 4.3%; rating input score 59; 59th percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 5.5% per year; rating input score 100; 42nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 5.3% per year; rating input score 100; 44th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 14.8% per year; rating input score 100; 74th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 75.5% of revenue deployed · 72.8% of spending went to programs
- Governance: 16 of 17 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
- Programs: 5 filed program accomplishments · $3.8M in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $226K · 17 people listed · 4 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
- Highest-paid contractors: 1 contractor listed · $254K reported
- Consistency: 34 of 34 current checks pass
- Schedules: 9 filed schedules · includes major donors, grants, and executive pay
- Filing history: 13 filing years from 2012 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: 1 filed money-flow record
- 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: Fundraising efficiency scored 15/100.
- High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 26/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 22/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 59/100.