Silver State Schools CU People Over Profit Foundation
Nonprofit profile at a glance
- EIN
- 831332084
- IRS 990-EZ coverage
- 2023–2025
- Forms available
- Form 990-EZ 2025, Form 990-N 2022
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV, USA
- Phone
- 7026611276
- Rating
- 91
- Verdict
- STRONG
- Rating confidence
- Moderate
- Sector
- Scholarships, Student Financial Aid Services, Awards
Reported finances
- Revenue
- $155,713
- Expenses
- $126,907
- Assets
- $55,383
- Liabilities
- $25,700
Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2025. Amounts in USD.
Leadership & pay
6 people listed
Executive titles in this filing
- Ralph Ramirez (President as of 10.26.25)
- Raymond Wilson (President until 10.26.25)
- Sheila Bray (Vice President until 10.1.25)
People named in this filing
- Ralph Ramirez (President as of 10.26.25)
- Raymond Wilson (President until 10.26.25)
- Ann Johnson (Chairperson as of 10.26.25)
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 2025. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.
Overview
Mission
Provide help to the Nevada education community.
What it reported doing in 2025
Through merit, need-based and future teacher scholarships, educator recognition and financial awards, student art contests with cash prizes, Financial Literacy and Financial Wellness workshops, the POP Foundation provides direct support and empowerment to Nevada's education community. Our programs ensure that educators are rewarded and celebrated for their exemplary work, students are lifted and supported, and families gain knowledge of Financial Literacy to build brighter, stronger futures and be Financially Well.
Operating model
- Revenue model
- Donor-supported. 65% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
- Distribution model
- Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 77% of its reported program spending out as grants.
The verdict
STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown and liabilities are high compared with assets.
Rating breakdown
- Financial Efficiency: 87
- Transparency & Controls: 100
- Sustainability: 51
- Growth: 100
Detailed rating inputs
Financial Efficiency
- Mission deployment rate: 79.8%; rating input score 80
- Program expense ratio: 97.9%; rating input score 98
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: 18.5%; rating input score 69; 69th percentile among comparable filings
- Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.44; rating input score 34; 34th percentile among comparable filings
- Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 9; 9th percentile among comparable filings
- Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 63; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
Growth
- Program expense growth: 68.1% per year; rating input score 100; 94th percentile among comparable filings
- Revenue growth: 53.2% per year; rating input score 100; 96th percentile among comparable filings
- Asset growth: 29.5% per year; rating input score 100; 85th percentile among comparable filings
Details
- Where the money goes: 79.8% of revenue deployed · 97.9% of spending went to programs
- Governance: Filed governance answers
- Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $124K in reported program spending
- Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 6 people listed
- Consistency: 9 of 9 current checks pass
- Schedules: 3 filed schedules
- Filing history: 3 filing years from 2023 to 2025
- 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.
- Moderate — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 34/100.
- High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 9/100.