Santa Clara Valley Science and Engineering Fair Association
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 946122043
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2009–2024
- Forms available
- Form 990 2022, Form 990-EZ 2024
- Location
- Los Altos, CA, USA
- Phone
- 4088964512
- Rating
- 92
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $172,178
- Expenses
- $167,006
- Assets
- $491,737
- Liabilities
- $225
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
21 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Sandra Meditch (President)
- Veena Jain (President-Elect)
People named in this filing
- Sandra Meditch (President)
- Veena Jain (President-Elect)
- Praveen Krishna (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 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
To promote science education.
What it reported doing in 2024
The organization sponsors an annual science and engineering fair for students in grades 6 - 12 from Santa Clara County. At this fair, students display their projects, which are judged with many prizes awarded. The fair held in 2025 had 977 student participants. From this group, 10 outstanding projects were sent to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair to participate in an international competition. In addition, 151 students (101 projects) were sent to the California Science and Engineering Fair.
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 expenses are high relative to revenue.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 92
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 60
- Growth: 60
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 91.1%; rating input score 91
- Program expense ratio: 94%; rating input score 94
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: 3%; rating input score 43; 43rd percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 2.94; rating input score 89; 89th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 52; 52nd percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 0.9% per year; rating input score 100; 32nd percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: -1.5% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 0.8% per year; rating input score 100; 30th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 91.1% of revenue deployed · 94% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $157K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 21 people listed
- Consistency: 7 of 7 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 5 filing years from 2009 to 2024
- Contacts: How to reach this organization
- Money network: Resolved incoming and outgoing counterparties from filed money flows.
- 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.
- High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 43/100.
- Review — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 52/100.