Smart Futures

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
300263715
IRS 990 coverage
2009–2024
Official website data refreshed
Sep 2026
Forms available
Form 990 2024
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Phone
+1 412.288.3900
Rating
78
Verdict
SUPPORTED
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Centers to Support the Independence of Specific Populations

Official website

Reported finances

Revenue
$1,892,132
Expenses
$1,947,694
Assets
$481,295
Liabilities
$222,755

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

12 people listed

Executive titles in this filing

  • BOBBIE ANNE BARNES (DIRECTOR-PRESIDENT)
  • DAVID J MOSEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR)

Highest reported compensation

  • DAVID J MOSEY (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR): $270,403 total reported compensation
  • FADI ALCHOUFETE (DIRECTOR OF TECHNOLOGY): $195,187 total reported compensation

Source: IRS Form 990. Selected filing: tax year 2024. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

Smart Futures' mission is to provide Pennsylvania's educators with innovative career education resources that help students "get real" - about who they are, where they are going, and how to get there. Our Vision. Smart Futures' vision is that every student graduating from a Pennsylvania high school has the preparation and planning needed for career success. What Problems Does Smart Futures Solve? Integrating career education into every classroom is a big idea, but it isn't easy without a system. Smart Futures offers a unique, Pennsylvania-made career planning and portfolio platform solution that is:.

What it reported doing in 2024

Toolkit unlimited - an online career planning and portfolio platform for k-12 students in Pennsylvania. Smart futures has engaged with the Pennsylvania department of education to guide the development of smartfutures.org. Smartfutures.org is an accessible web-based career planning and portfolio platform that enables schools to seamlessly deliver the cew standards in a way that is engaging for students and generates the career readiness indicators required by pde.to Pennsylvania school districts and charter schools, smartfutures.org is a drop-in future ready career plan and portfolio solution that provides a k-12 curriculum aligned to all 23 elements across the four strands of the career education and work standards. Smartfutures.org supports school districts and charter schools with artifact creation, data collection, student badging, and compliance monitoring and reporting. The platform is currently being used by districts and charter schools across Pennsylvania through an affordable annual subscription/donation. Smart futures continues to operate pa ementoring, an online career mentoring program, and hopes to build the capacity of the program so its ementor volunteers can serve all students served by smartfutures.org.

Operating model

Revenue model
Earned-program. 98% of the money available for current operations came from fees and other program revenue.
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

SUPPORTED - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Fundraising costs are high for each dollar raised and expenses are high relative to revenue.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 77
  • Transparency & Controls: 71
  • Accountability: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 100

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 87%; rating input score 87
  • Program expense ratio: 85.2%; rating input score 85
  • Fundraising efficiency: $0.01 raised per $1 spent on fundraising; rating input score 1; 1st percentile among comparable filings

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Pay-setting controls: 2 of 6 controls in place; rating input score 33
    • Compensation committee: Missing
    • Independent consultant: Pass
    • Other Form 990s reviewed: Missing
    • Written employment contract: Missing
    • Compensation survey or study: Missing
    • Board or committee approval: Pass
  • Foreign activity oversight: Limited
  • Grant itemization coverage: Limited
  • Major donor itemization: Limited
  • Related-party transparency: Limited

Accountability

  • Independent voting board: 100%; rating input score 100; 63rd percentile among comparable filings
  • Governance controls: 8 of 8 controls in place; rating input score 100
    • Conflict-of-interest policy: Pass
    • Whistleblower policy: Pass
    • Document-retention policy: Pass
    • CEO compensation review process: Pass
    • Other executive compensation review process: NotApplicable
    • Form 990 shared with the board: Pass
    • Board meeting minutes documented: Pass
    • Audit committee oversight: Pass
    • Independent financial-statement audit: Pass

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -2.9%; rating input score 28; 28th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.25; rating input score 12; 12th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: 0.46; rating input score 17; 17th percentile among comparable filings
  • Officer compensation ratio: 23.9%; rating input score 11; 11th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 21.5% per year; rating input score 100; 84th percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.3% per year; rating input score 100; 70th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: 15.1% per year; rating input score 100; 73rd percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • What they do: 1 operating location identified
  • Where the money goes: 87% of revenue deployed · 85.2% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: 10 of 10 board members independent · 8 of 8 filing controls reported
  • Programs: 1 filed program accomplishment · $1.7M in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $270K · 12 people listed · 2 of 6 pay-setting controls reported
  • Consistency: 29 of 29 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 4 filed schedules · includes executive pay
  • Filing history: 16 filing years from 2009 to 2024
  • 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.
  • Staff and benefit plans: Retirement and health plans the organization files with the Department of Labor, and the people in them.

Key Signals

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

  • High — Financial Efficiency: Fundraising efficiency scored 1/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 28/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 12/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Officer compensation ratio scored 11/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Liabilities to assets ratio scored 17/100.