SCOPE-Science and Citizens Organized for Purpose and Exploration

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
364649533
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2023
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2023
Location
St Louis, MO, USA
Phone
3143984973
Rating confidence
Limited
Sector
Human Services N.E.C.

Reported finances

Revenue
$3,107
Expenses
$893
Assets
$0

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2023. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

8 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • Dr Gary Clapp (President)

People named in this filing

  • Cynthia Lloyd (Executive Direc)
  • Dr Gary Clapp (President)
  • Patrick Woolley (Treasurer)

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 2023. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

SCOPEs mission is to engage the parents, adults and the public at large with a connection to STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math). The SCOPE model employs public outreach through curating exhibits with STEAM Education to Workforce partners at local, state and national events. Sustained involvement is secured through a no cost website which provides a full spectrum STEAM pipeline including everything from an at home activity onto a job/career. Target demographics include community as a whole (all ages), particularly underserved urban and rural cores. Addressing diversity among minority and women are additionally highly important. Because many programs are dedicated to serving youth, SCOPE particularly focuses on Adults. A niche needed to be filled for parents and adults looking to retool their careers with 21st century skills. SCOPE brings a real life relevance to, particularly those who would otherwise self-select away from STEAM, so theres a better understanding of w

What it reported doing in 2023

Post Covid, it was important to review. While SCOPE had solid impact, a tremendous bandwidth was necessary to connect with the public in the realm of its perspective towards Science & Technology. Additionally, the landscape of business, funding, leadership, and education had gone through evolutions.It was determined the time had come for SCOPE to wind down, and allow others to hopefully carry on the work of STEAM/ STEM public awareness and engagement. 2023, after 16 years, the organization closed.

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
Cannot be determined from the filing. The filing does not provide enough consistent spending detail to tell whether the nonprofit works directly or through others.

The verdict

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

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: NotEnoughData
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 52
  • Growth: 0

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: Limited
  • Program expense ratio: Limited

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Limited

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 71.3%; rating input score 96; 96th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0; rating input score 2; 2nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 56; 56th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: -24.1% per year; rating input score 0; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: -21.5% per year; rating input score 0; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -26.8% per year; rating input score 0; 8th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: Financial trends and filed revenue, expense, asset, and liability detail
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 8 people listed
  • Consistency: 4 of 4 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 12 filing years from 2010 to 2023
  • 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.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Growth: Program expense growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Growth: Revenue growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 2/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.