Sce Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
331320635
IRS 990 coverage
2024–2025
Forms available
Form 990 2025
Location
Edwards, CO, USA
Phone
2063998240
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Fund Raising and Fund Distribution

Reported finances

Revenue
$304,919
Expenses
$89,792
Assets
$1,269,591
Liabilities
$0

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

2 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • CHANNY EVANS (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • CHANNY EVANS (PRESIDENT, DIRECTOR): $7,000 total reported compensation
  • STEPHEN EVANS (VP, TREASURER, SECRETARY,): $7,000 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

To impact the lives of disadvantaged individuals in developing nations and struggling communities across the globe who are overcoming adversity.

What it reported doing in 2025

The rural bright futures program was launched with its first cohort of 10 girls age 13-16 from pursat province, cambodia, who are now attending school at neeson scripts academy, living in the girls to granny village, and receiving healthcare and support. 30 candidate girls were nominated by their teachers in the phnom kravanh district as high risk of being pulled from education due to poverty and subsequently went through a candidate review process and family approval before joining the program. The sce foundation was directly involved in the educator, community, & candidate outreach and screening and provided the funding via cambodia children's fund to cover the participants education, healthcare, housing, and other expenses.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 94% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 80% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - The filed numbers largely add up and most voting board members are independent. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filing reports few safeguards for money sent abroad.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 57
  • Transparency & Controls: 85
  • Accountability: 91
  • Sustainability: 84
  • Growth: 60

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 32.6%; rating input score 33
  • Program expense ratio: 83.1%; rating input score 83
  • Fundraising efficiency: $4,712.34 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 99; 99th percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: Limited
  • Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 50
    • Claims monitoring procedures: Pass
    • Requires narrative reports: Fail
    • Conducts field audits: Fail
    • May suspend future funding: Fail
    • Requires financial reports: Pass
    • Conducts site visits: Pass
    • Requires grant agreements: Pass
    • May require repayment: Fail
  • Grant itemization coverage: 100%; rating input score 100; 81st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 64th percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 7 of 9 controls in place; rating input score 78
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: Pass
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Missing
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Fail

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 70.6%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 14.14; rating input score 93; 93rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0; rating input score 77; 77th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 15.6%; rating input score 22; 22nd percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 200% per year; rating input score 100; 100th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -103.1% per year; rating input score 0; 0th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 30.5% per year; rating input score 100; 90th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 32.6% of revenue deployed · 83.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 2 of 2 board members independent · 7 of 9 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 2 filed program accomplishments · $75K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $7K · 2 people listed
  • Consistency: 19 of 19 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 5 filed schedules · includes major donors and foreign activity
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2024 to 2025
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Money network: 2 filed money-flow records
  • 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.

  • Moderate — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 33/100.
  • Review — Transparency & Controls: Foreign activity oversight: 4 of 8 not reported.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Accountability: Governance controls: Independent financial-statement audit not reported.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 22/100.