SIPES Foundation

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
751836869
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2010–2025
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2025
Location
Richardson, TX, USA
Phone
2143631780
Rating
74
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate

Reported finances

Revenue
$61,618
Expenses
$46,682
Assets
$475,949

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

Leadership & pay

5 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • John R Stephens (Vice President)
  • Stephen M Smith (President)

People named in this filing

  • John R Stephens (Vice President)
  • Scott W Spradley (Secretary)
  • Christopher H Reed (Director)

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

Promote education in Earth sciences

What it reported doing in 2025

Awarded six $5,000 scholarships to upper-division and graduate university students exhibiting promise in the study of Earth sciences or Engineering.

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
Grant intermediary. The nonprofit sent 82% of its reported program spending out as grants.

The verdict

SUPPORTED - A large share of total spending goes to programs and the filed numbers largely add up. A relatively small share of available resources goes toward mission work and reported officer compensation is a large share of total spending, which may reflect staffing concentration.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 66
  • Transparency & Controls: 82
  • Sustainability: 69
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 59.1%; rating input score 59
  • Program expense ratio: 78.1%; rating input score 78

Transparency & Controls

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

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: 24.2%; rating input score 76; 76th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 10.2; rating input score 92; 92nd 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: 10.4% per year; rating input score 100; 71st percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 0.1% per year; rating input score 100; 50th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 3.9% per year; rating input score 100; 53rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 59.1% of revenue deployed · 78.1% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 2 filed program accomplishments · $36K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 5 people listed
  • Consistency: 8 of 8 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 2 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 11 filing years from 2010 to 2025
  • 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.

  • Review — Financial Efficiency: Mission deployment rate scored 59/100.
  • Review — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 56/100.