Rio Grande Valley Science Association

Nonprofit profile at a glance

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

19 people listed

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

To educate teachers and students in the field of science.

Grant expenses relating to youth camps

Revenue model: No positive adjusted resources. The filing reports no positive adjusted operating resources.
Distribution model: No current program activity. The filing reports no program spending for the current year.

- The available evidence is not sufficient to produce an overall rating for this filing. This is not a warning sign.

Consistency checks: 80%; rating input score 80; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
Pay-setting controls: 0 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 0
- Compensation committee: Missing
- Independent consultant: Missing
- Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
- Written employment contract: Missing
- Compensation survey or study: Missing
- Board or committee approval: Missing
Foreign activity oversight: Limited
Grant itemization coverage: Limited
Major donor itemization: Limited
Related-party transparency: Limited

Independent voting board: 0%; rating input score 0; 9th percentile among comparable filings
Governance controls: 5 of 7 controls in place; rating input score 71
- Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
- Whistleblower policy: Fail
- Document-retention policy: Fail
- CEO compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
- Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
- Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
- Audit committee oversight: Pass
- Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Operating margin: Limited
Total-asset coverage ratio: Limited
Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
Officer compensation ratio: Limited

Program expense growth: -20.7% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Revenue growth: -23.8% per year; rating input score 0; 17th percentile among comparable filings
Asset growth: -24.9% per year; rating input score 0; 6th percentile among comparable filings

Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
Governance: 0 of 19 board members independent · 5 of 7 filing controls reported
Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment
Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 19 people listed · 0 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
Consistency: 9 of 10 current checks pass · 1 finding to review
Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
Filing history: 11 filing years from 2013 to 2024
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.

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

High — Accountability: Independent voting board scored 0/100.
High — Transparency & Controls: Pay-setting controls scored 0/100.
Review — Accountability: Governance controls: 2 of 7 not reported.
High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
Moderate — Transparency & Controls: Series filing activity did not reconcile in the filed values.
High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.